For now my grief is heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life.
Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.
Moneo is trapped. He has learned that it is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.
For now my grief is heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose tomorrow's life.
My son has the Atreides sincerity... He has that tremendous, almost naive honor-and what a powerful force that truly is.
Leaders make mistakes, and those mistakes amplified by the number of those who follow without questioning, move inevitably toward great disasters.
We should grant power over our affairs only to those reluctant to hold it, and only under conditions that increase that reluctance.
Maturity imposes its own behavior. One of our lessons make those imperatives available to consciousness. Modify instincts.
…A world is supported by four things ‘…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave…
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power," Tuek said. "You might find the line between life and death among the Fremen to be too sharp and quick.
When I am weaker than you, I ask for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.
Science is often seen as the enemy of faith, and yet both science and religion seek to understand the truth.
To know a thing well, know its limits. Only when pushed beyond its tolerances will true nature be seen.
When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way.
Time is a threefold present: the present as we experience it, the past as a present memory, and the future as a present expectation.
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Hãy sống cuộc đời tốt nhất mà bạn có thể. Cuộc sống là một trò chơi mà luật chơi bạn sẽ học được nếu bạn nhảy thẳng vào nó và chơi hết mình. Nếu không, bạn sẽ bị bất ngờ, không ngừng sửng sốt trước luật chơi luôn thay đổi. Những kẻ không chơi thường than
