Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

Quote by Frank Herbert

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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...

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create...

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create...

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand...

When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand...

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

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 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...

Something cannot emerge from nothing.

Something cannot emerge from nothing.

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

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

Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may...

Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may...

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

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

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...

The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.

The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.

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...

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 proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

Humans are almost always lonely.

Humans are almost always lonely.

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at...

Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at...

The tragedy, the true catastrophe, is that humanity continues

The tragedy, the true catastrophe, is that humanity continues

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem...