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Screaming at misguided people, Lincoln believed, was not the way to correct their wrongs. As he put it later, you won people to your side through “persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion,” making friends with them, appealing to their
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“The joy of living, its beauty is all bound up in the fact that life can surprise you.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“Men must want to do
things out of their own innermost drives. People, not commercial organizations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work.
Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to
greatness—they cannot work and their civilization collapses.”
― Children of Dune
things out of their own innermost drives. People, not commercial organizations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work.
Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to
greatness—they cannot work and their civilization collapses.”
― Children of Dune
“One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.”
― Dune
― Dune
“A large populace held in check by a small but powerful force is quite a common situation in our universe. And we know the major conditions wherein this large populace may turn upon its keepers— “One: When they find a leader. This is the most volatile threat to the powerful; they must retain control of leaders. “Two: When the populace recognizes its chains. Keep the populace blind and unquestioning. “Three: When the populace perceives a hope of escape from bondage. They must never even believe that escape is possible!”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
Philip’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Philip’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,246 books
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44 friends
450 books
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95 friends
193 books
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90 friends
27 books
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4 friends
49 books
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33 friends
0 books
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23 friends
975 books
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4 friends
345 books
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35 friends
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