There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers. Nothing. Nothing can be done.
When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.
It is said that there is a principle of conflict which originated with the single cell and has never deteriorated.
To come under siege was the inevitable fate of power.
Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.
There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin.
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.
All proofs inevitably lead to propositions which have no proof! All things are known because we want to believe in them.
the meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture - it begins in the dignity with which we treat the dead
It was mostly sweet," he whispered, "and you were the sweetest of all.
A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!" It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!" He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.
One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.
The successful writer listens to himself.
We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans.
I cry for those not yet dead.
Think on it, Chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives.
Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.
My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.
The only past which endures lies wordlessly within you.
The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.
The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realize about an ecosystem is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche.
The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our ideas changed.
To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to escape into sleep and be alive only in the unconscious projections of his dream-creatures.
What is the son but an extension of the father?
The unclouded eye was better, no matter what it saw.
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