Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.

Quote by Frank Herbert

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He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst...

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst...

If you believe yourself sufficiently hungry, you will eat your own thoughts

If you believe yourself sufficiently hungry, you will eat your own thoughts

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have...

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have...

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

One of the best things to come out of the home computer revolution could be...

One of the best things to come out of the home computer revolution could be...

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total...

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total...

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver...

The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver...

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or...

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have...

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have...

I cry for those not yet dead.

I cry for those not yet dead.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably...

To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably...

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will...

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

There is...an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents.... The...

The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally...

The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally...

You have the God-given right to kick the government around-don't hesitate to do so.

You have the God-given right to kick the government around-don't hesitate to do so.