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Paul Muad\ — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:13:37 +0000

If you believe certain words, you believe their hidden arguments. When you believe something is right or wrong, true of false, you believe the assumptions in the words which express the arguments. Such assumptions are often full of holes, but remain most precious to the convinced.

- The Open-Ended Proof from The Panoplia Prophetica

Paul Muad\ — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:12:41 +0000

Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class — whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy.

- Politics as Repeat Phenomenon, Bene Gesserit Training Manual

Paul Muad\ — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:08:38 +0000

Here are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumphs; a good deed is its own reward; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness . . .

- Instruction Manual: Missionaria Protectiva

Paul Muad\ — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:33:39 +0000

Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you.

- The Zensunni Whip

Paul Muad\ — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:33:10 +0000

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

- Darwi Odrade

Paul Muad\ — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:32:51 +0000

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

Paul Muad\ — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:32:25 +0000

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

Paul Muad\ — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:31:47 +0000

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

Paul Muad\ — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:31:18 +0000

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

- The Bashar Teg

Paul Muad\ — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:30:48 +0000

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

- The Zensunni Whip