There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.
Knowing where the trap is—that's the first step in evading it.
Behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go I forth to my work.
Bless the Maker and His water.Bless the coming and going of Him.
But one learns from books and reels only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.
Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert.
You must learn to rule. It's something none of your ancestors learned.
If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken.
I must rule with eye and claw — as the hawk among lesser birds. - Duke Leto Atreides
Does a population have informed consent when that population is not taught the inner workings of its monetary system, and then is drawn, all unknowing, into economic adventures?
Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.
You have to appreciate life before you want to preserve it, she said.And it's the survivors who maintain the most light and poignant hold upon the beauties of living. Women know this more often than m...
A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful.
Sad? Nonsense! Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place.
I have said: Blow out the lamp! Day is here! And you keep saying: Give me a lamp so I can find the day.
Face your fears or they will climb over your back.
She looked at patches of blackness. Black is a blind remembering, she thought.
We possess only this moment in which to dedicate ourselves continuously to the sacred presence which we share and create.
Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change
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