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Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.
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Topic: Philosophical, Religion
There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace - these qualities you find always in that the true artist captures. You can find it in the turning of the seasons, the way sand trails along a ridge, in the branch clusters of the creosote bush of the pattern of its leaves. We try to copy these patterns in our lives and in our society, seeking the rhythms, the dances, the forms that comfort. Yet, it is possible to see peril in the finding of ultimate perfection. It is clear that the ultimate pattern contains its own fixity. In such perfection, all things move towards death.
From Dune
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Topic: Death
Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error.
From Dune
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Topic: Death
A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
From Dune
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Topic: Philosophical
There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
From Dune
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Topic: Death, Life, Philosophical
The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred.
From Dune Messiah
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Topic: Death, Life
Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.
From Dune
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Topic: Religion
History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe. Education helps but it's never enough. You also must run.
From God Emperor of Dune
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Topic: Education
Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.
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Topic: Philosophical, Religion
There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace - these qualities you find always in that the true artist captures. You can find it in the turning of the seasons, the way sand trails along a ridge, in the branch clusters of the creosote bush of the pattern of its leaves. We try to copy these patterns in our lives and in our society, seeking the rhythms, the dances, the forms that comfort. Yet, it is possible to see peril in the finding of ultimate perfection. It is clear that the ultimate pattern contains its own fixity. In such perfection, all things move towards death.
From Dune
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Topic: Death
Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error.
From Dune
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Topic: Death
A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
From Dune
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Topic: Philosophical
There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
From Dune
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Topic: Death, Life, Philosophical
The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred.
From Dune Messiah
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Topic: Death, Life
Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.
From Dune
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Topic: Religion
History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe. Education helps but it's never enough. You also must run.
From God Emperor of Dune
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Topic: Education
Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.
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Topic: Philosophical, Religion
There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace - these qualities you find always in that the true artist captures. You can find it in the turning of the seasons, the way sand trails along a ridge, in the branch clusters of the creosote bush of the pattern of its leaves. We try to copy these patterns in our lives and in our society, seeking the rhythms, the dances, the forms that comfort. Yet, it is possible to see peril in the finding of ultimate perfection. It is clear that the ultimate pattern contains its own fixity. In such perfection, all things move towards death.
From Dune
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Topic: Death
Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error.
From Dune
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Topic: Death
A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
From Dune
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Topic: Philosophical
There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
From Dune
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Topic: Death, Life, Philosophical
The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred.
From Dune Messiah
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Topic: Death, Life
Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.
From Dune
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Topic: Religion
History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe. Education helps but it's never enough. You also must run.
From God Emperor of Dune
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Topic: Education
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