Author: Well Grounded
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Quote – Eve was Not the First To Sample the Apple
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in Quotes“[…] Eve was not the first to pluck and sample the apple. Adam was the first and he learned by this to put the blame on Eve. My story tells you something about how societies find a structural necessity for… Read More
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Quote – A Standard by Which To Choose Company
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in Quotes“You should never be in the company of anyone with whom you would not want to die.” Duncan quoting a saying to Siona Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune
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Quote – Destroy the Place and You Destroy the Person
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in QuotesHumans live best when each has his place to stand, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things and what he may achieve. Destroy the place and you destroy the person. Bene Gesserit teaching Frank Herbert, Heretics… Read More
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Quote – Something Few Experience
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in Quotes“We had something few experience. We were joined in our strengths rather than in our weaknesses.” Leto II regarding his relationship with Hwi, to Duncan and Siona Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune
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Quote – Most Civilization is Based on Cowardice
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in QuotesMost civilization is based on cowardice. It’s so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a… Read More
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Quote – The Illusion That Courts and Police Are Effective
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in Quotes“[…] Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They’re a kind of job insurance.” Leto Atreides II to Duncan Idaho Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune
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Quote – Man Does Have a Choice of Action
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in QuotesIn attempting this psychological presentation and a psycho-pathological explanation of the typical characteristics of a concentration camp inmate, I may give the impression that the human being is completely and unavoidably influenced by his surroundings. (In this case the surroundings… Read More
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Quote – Suffering is Absolutely Relative
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in QuotesThe attempt to develop a sense of humor and to see things in a humorous light is some kind of a trick learned while mastering the art of living. Yet it is possible to practice the art of living even… Read More
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Quote – The Universe Is a Coherent Whole
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in QuotesChurch and State, scientific reason and faith, the individual and his community, even progress and tradition–all of these can be reconciled in the teachings of Muad’Dib. He taught us that there exist no intransigent opposites except in the beliefs of… Read More
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Quote – Limits of Survival Are Set by Climate
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in QuotesLimits of survival are set by climate, those long drifts of change which a generation may fail to notice. And it is the extremes of climate which set the pattern. Lonely, finite humans may observe climatic provinces, fluctuations of annual… Read More