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21 " The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth. —Bene Gesserit Precept I "
― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)
22 " The Universe operates on a basic principle of economics: everything has its cost. We pay to create our future, we pay for the mistakes of the past. We pay for every change we make … and we pay just as dearly if we refuse to change. —Guild Bank Annals, Philosophical Register "
23 " Dreams are as simple or as complicated as the dreamer. —LIET-KYNES, "
24 " The Universe operates on a basic principle of economics: everything has its cost. We pay to create our future, we pay for the mistakes of the past. We pay for every change we make . . . and we pay just as dearly if we refuse to change. —Guild Bank Annals, Philosophical Register "
25 " Some say that the anticipation of a thing is better than the thing itself. In my view, this is utter nonsense. Any fool can imagine a prize. I desire the tangible. "
26 " The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice. "
27 " Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence. "
28 " The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown. "
29 " No person can ever know everything that is in the heart of another. We are all Face Dancers in our souls. "
30 " It is said that there is nothing firm, nothing balanced, nothing durable in all the universe -- that nothing remains in its original state, that each day, each hour, each moment, there is change. "
31 " Baron Vladimir Harkonnen had made a lifetime career of seeking new experiences. He dabbled in hedonistic pleasures - rich foods, exotic drugs, deviant sex - discovering things he had never done before.But a baby in Harkonnen Keep...how would he handle that? "
32 " What is this Love that so many speak of with such apparent familiarity? Do they truly comprehend how unattainable it is? Are there not as many definitions of Love as there are stars in the universe? "
33 " A man may fight the greatest enemy, take the longest journey, survive the most grievous wound -- and still be helpless in the hands of the woman he loves. "
34 " War, as the foremost ecological disaster of any age, merely reflects the larger state of human affairs in which the total organism called “humanity” finds its existence. —PARDOT KYNES, Reflections onthe Disaster at Salusa Secundus "
35 " Freedom is an elusive concept. Some men hold themselves prisoner even when they have the power to do as they please and go where they choose, while others are free in their hearts, even as shackles restrain them. —Zensunni Wisdom from the Wandering "
36 " The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice. —REBEC OF GINAZ "
37 " One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp with too much force is to be taken over by power, thus becoming its victim. —Bene Gesserit Axiom "
38 " If you sit safely by and wait for your people to do your work for you, then you do not deserve to rule such a populace. "
39 " Beware the seeds you sow and the crops you reap. Do not curse God for the punishment you inflict upon yourself. —Orange Catholic Bible "
40 " The Guild was beyond the control of the Padishah Emperor. "