Without the salat and the dhikr
“As the Acoma Pueblo poet Simon Ortiz has said, “There are no truths, only stories.”
― Search for the Genuine, The: Nonfiction, 1970-2015
― Search for the Genuine, The: Nonfiction, 1970-2015
“Anger is good,” she heard him say. “Anger teaches you things. How to lead. How to make the decisions you’d rather not make. It protects you from fear and hesitation and the desire to turn back.”
― The Bird King
― The Bird King
“You don't have any time, and yet you're surrounded by eternity. What a paradox for your reason!”
― Tales of Power
― Tales of Power
“JIHAD, BUTLERIAN: (see also Great Revolt)-the crusade against computers, thinking machines, and conscious robots begun in 201 B.G. and concluded in 108 B.G. Its chief commandment remains in the O.C. Bible as "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.”
― Dune
― Dune
“three things there are that ease the heart—water, green grass, and the beauty of woman.”
― Dune
― Dune
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