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“It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”
― Dune
― Dune
“One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“When any of our faculties retains
a strong impression of delight or pain,
the soul will wholly concentrate on that,
neglecting any other power it has;
and thus, when something seen
or heard secures the soul in stringent grip,
time moves and yet we do not notice it.”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
a strong impression of delight or pain,
the soul will wholly concentrate on that,
neglecting any other power it has;
and thus, when something seen
or heard secures the soul in stringent grip,
time moves and yet we do not notice it.”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
“Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”
― Dune
― Dune
“All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others.”
― The Silmarillion
― The Silmarillion
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