Archive for the ‘Proverb’ Category

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

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

A hunchback does not see his own hunch – Folk Saying. Bene Gesserit Commentary: The hunch may be seen with the aid of mirrors but mirrors may show the whole being.

- The Bashar Teg

No sweeteners will cloak some forms of bitterness. If it tastes bitter, spit it out. That’s what our earliest ancestors did.

- The Coda
 

Uproot your questions from their ground and the dangling roots will be seen. More questions!

- Mentat Zensufi

 

To know a thing well, know its limits. Only when pushed beyond its tolerances will true nature be seen. (The Amtal Rule) Do not depend only on theory if your life is at stake.

- Bene Gesserit Commentary 

All states are abstractions.

- Octun Politicus Bene Gesserit Archives
 

Corruption wears infinite disguises

- Tleilaxu Thu-zen