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Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you.

- The Zensunni Whip

There’s no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.

- Darwi Odrade

When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious. Allow for surprises. When we create, there are always other forces at work.

- Darwi Odrade
 

What do Holy Accidents teach? Be resilient. Be strong. Be ready for change, for the new. Gather man experiences and judge them by the steadfast nature of our faith.

- Tleilaxu Doctrine

 

Do not be quick to reveal judgment. Hidden judgment is often more potent. It can guide reaction whose effects are felt only when too late to divert them.

- Bene Gesserit Advice to Postulants

Battle? There’s always a desire for breathing space motivating it somewhere.

- The Bashar Teg

Answers are a perilous grip on the universe. They can appear sensible yet explain nothing.

- The Zensunni Whip

 

Ultimately, all things are known because you want to believe you know.

- Zensunni koan

Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not known, Intelligence takes chance with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.

- Darwi Odrade

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

- The Coda