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I think that says a lot about a person: how they handle being second best. Do they work on themselves? Or attack the person ahead of them?
Lesson of life
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”
― Sand and Foam
― Sand and Foam
“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.”
― Dune
― Dune
“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
― Dune
― Dune
“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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“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.”
― Dune
― Dune
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