# Quote — Isaac Asimov, The Stars, Like Dust

> The Autarch maintained his indifferent calm, but a certain lack of certainty was gathering, and he did not like to experience a lack of certainty. He liked nothing which made him aware of limitations. An Autarch should have no limitations, and on Lingane he had none that natural law did not impose.

- Author: [Isaac Asimov](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov.md)
- Book: [The Stars, Like Dust](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-stars-like-dust.md)
- Page: 104
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimov#The_Stars,_Like_Dust_(1951)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [power](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/power.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-stars-like-dust/the-autarch-maintained

## More from this book

> “At least try to see my motives. Granted that I was foolish—criminally foolish—can’t you understand? Can’t you try not to hate me?”
>
> She said softly, “I have tried not to love you and, as you see, I have failed.”

p. 163 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-stars-like-dust/at-least-try.md)

Topics: [love](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/love.md)

> I see your vile implication. My only explanation for it is that you are criminally insane.

p. 156 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-stars-like-dust/i-see-your.md)

> Well, it was healthy to miss once in a while. It kept self-confidence balanced at a point safely short of arrogance.

p. 166 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/isaac-asimov/the-stars-like-dust/well-it-was.md)

Topics: [mistakes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/mistakes.md), [humility](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/humility.md)