“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
― Prejudices First Series
― Prejudices First Series
“We can say that Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn.”
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“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
― Dune
― Dune
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