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“When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“Every judgment teeters on the brink of error,” Leto explained. “To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“As long as you believe yourself helpless, you remain helpless even though resolute.”
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“First the colours.
Then the humans.
That’s usually how I see things.
Or at least, how I try.”
― The Book Thief
Then the humans.
That’s usually how I see things.
Or at least, how I try.”
― The Book Thief
“You cannot avoid the interplay of politics within an orthodox religion. The power struggle permeates the training, education and disciplining of the orthodox community. Because of this pressure, the leaders of such a community inevitably much face that ultimate internal question: to succumb to complete opportunism as the price of maintaining their rule, or risk sacrificing themselves for the sake of the orthodox ethic.”
― Dune
― Dune
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