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

Quote by Frank Herbert

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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...

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

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

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

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...

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully...

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully...

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light...

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light...

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...

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self...

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self...

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to...

Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to...

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.

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,...

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

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

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 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...

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a...

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a...

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

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...

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...

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.

Something cannot emerge from nothing.

Something cannot emerge from nothing.