“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
“If you start by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work towards getting it.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Everything that happens once can never happen again. But everything that happens twice will surely happen a third time.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.”
― The Eye of the World
― The Eye of the World
“There is a different beauty in simplicity, in a single line placed just so, a single flower among the rocks. The harshness of the stone makes the flower more precious.”
― The Eye of the World
― The Eye of the World
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