What delicious abandon in the sleep of the child. Where do we lose it?
Desperate people are the most dangerous.
You cannot avoid the interplay of politics within an orthodox religion. The power struggle permeates the training, education and disciplining of the orthodox community. Because of this pressure, the leaders of such a community inevitably much face that ultimate internal question: to succumb to complete opportunism as the price of maintaining their rule, or risk sacrificing themselves for the sake of the orthodox ethic.
Science is made up of so many things that appear obvious after they are explained.
Hard tasks need hard ways.
I should’ve suspected trouble when the coffee failed to arrive.
Be prepared to appreciate what you meet.
There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengeance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences.
Each man is a little war.
Knowing was a barrier which prevented learning.
The wise man molds himself – the fool lives only to die.
It’s very difficult convincing the young of anything. They’re born knowing so much.
How easy it was to mistake clear reasoning for correct reasoning!
Wild Fremen said it well: “Four things cannot be hidden – love, smoke, a pillar of fire and a man striding across the open bled.
Paradox is a pointer telling you to look beyond it. If paradoxes bother you, that betrays your deep desire for absolutes. The relativist treats a paradox merely as interesting, perhaps amusing or even, dreadful thought, educational.
Some lies are easier to believe than the truth.
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. Something cannot emerge from nothing.
Some say,” Scytale said, “that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: ‘See, there He is. He makes us one.’ Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m’Lord.
What the eyes had seen could not be erased.
Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent.