“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”
― Chapterhouse: Dune
― Chapterhouse: Dune
“Aristotle raped reason. He implanted in the dominant schools of philosophy the attractive belief that there can be discrete separation between mind and body. This led quite naturally to corollary delusions such as the one that power can be understood without applying it, or that joy is totally removable from unhappiness, that peace can exist in the total absence of war, or that life can be understood without death.
—ERASMUS, Corrin Notes”
― The Butlerian Jihad
—ERASMUS, Corrin Notes”
― The Butlerian Jihad
“A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken. ”
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“There's hope left in these dusty chords. There's a song left in our rusty hearts. We are torn and frayed but love remains.”
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“Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.
-Words of Muad'dib by Princess Irulan.”
― Dune Messiah
-Words of Muad'dib by Princess Irulan.”
― Dune Messiah
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