“The Fremen have a simple, practical religion,” he said.
“Nothing about religion is simple.”
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“It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future.”
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“Behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go I forth to my work.”
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“I’ll never be a Mentat,” he said. “I’m something else…a freak.”
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“And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.”
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“As long as my Duke remains unmarried some of the Great Houses can still hope for alliance.”
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“You see, Count, I have the Emperor’s prison planet, Salusa Secundus, to inspire me.”
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“And the price we paid was the price men have always paid for achieving a paradise in this life—we went soft, we lost our edge.”
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“Paul sensed his own tensions, decided to practice one of the mind-body lessons his mother had taught him. Three quick breaths triggered the responses: he fell into the floating awareness ... focusing the consciousness ... aortal dilation ... avoiding the unfocused mechanism of consciousness ... to be conscious by choice ... blood enriched and swift-flooding the overload regions ... one does not obtain food-safety-freedom by instinct alone ... animal consciousness does not extend beyond the given moment nor into the idea that its victims may become extinct ... the animal destroys and does not produce ... animal pleasures remain close to sensation levels and avoid the perceptual ... the human requires a background grid through which to see his universe ... focused consciousness by choice, this forms your grid ... bodily integrity follows nerve-blood flow according to the deepest awareness of cell needs ... all things/cells/beings are impermanent ... strive for flow-permanence within....”
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“We are the people of Misr,” the old woman rasped. “Since our Sunni ancestors fled from Nilotic al-Ourouba, we have known flight and death. The young go on that our people shall not die.”
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“How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.”
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“want their willing cooperation, Gurney. Those men have experience and skills we need. The fact that they’re leaving suggests they’re not part of the Harkonnen machine. Hawat believes there could be some bad ones planted in the group, but he sees assassins in every shadow.” “Thufir has found some very productive shadows in his time, m’Lord.” “And there are some he hasn’t found. But I think planting sleepers in this outgoing crowd would show too much imagination for the Harkonnens.” “Possibly, Sire. Where are these men?” “Down on the lower level, in a waiting room. I suggest you go down and play a tune or two to soften their minds, then turn on the pressure. You may offer positions of authority”
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