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Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testi...more

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The child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. "I do not have to be what my father was. ...more

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Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as...more

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There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

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Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power," Tuek said. "You might find the line between life and death among the Fremen t...more

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A killer with the manners of a rabbit - this is the most dangerous kind.

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The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love ...more

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Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely...more

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The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.

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My Uncle Malky always said the Lord Leto never responded to prayer. He said the Lord Leto looked on prayer as attempted coercion, a form of violence a...more

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It has occurred to me more than once that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.