1. "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
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Frank Herbert, Dune
2. "Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic."
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Frank Herbert, Dune
3. "The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."
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Frank Herbert, Dune
4. "What do you despise? By this are you truly known."
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Frank Herbert, Dune
5. "When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late."
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Frank Herbert, Dune
6. "There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors."
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Frank Herbert, Dune
7. "Hope clouds observation."
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Frank Herbert, Dune
8. "The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training."
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Frank Herbert, Dune
9. "He who controls the spice controls the universe."
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Frank Herbert, Dune
10. "It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult."
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Frank Herbert, Dune