"It is said that there is a principle of conflict which originated with the single cell and has never deteriorated."
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"the meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture - it begins in the dignity with which we treat the dead"
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"All proofs inevitably lead to propositions which have no proof! All things are known because we want to believe in them."
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"Prophecy and prescience - How can they be put to the test in the face of unanswered questions? Consider: How much is actual prediction and how much is the prophet shaping the future to fit the prophecy? What are the harmonics inherent in the act of prophecy? Does the prophet see the future or does he see a line of weakness, a fault or cleavage that he may shatter with words or decisions as a diamond-cutter shatters his gem with a blow of the knife?"
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"The night is a tunnel ... a hole into tomorrow."
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"If we deny emotion, we lose all touch with our internal universe."
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"They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence."
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"I cry for those not yet dead."
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"Think on it, Chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives."
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"A world is supported by four things: the learning of wise, the justice of great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing without a ruler who knows the art of ruling."
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"The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach."
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"We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans."
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"The successful writer listens to himself."
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"The basic lesson of our relativistic universe is that things change. Any power must always meet a greater power."
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"You can't build politics on love. People aren't concerned with love; it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos."
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"It was mostly sweet," he whispered, "and you were the sweetest of all."
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"One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things."
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"War is the most readily available form of chaos."
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"A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both."
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"The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty. Leto II"
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