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"There are poets,there are philosophers, there are spiritualists and me. I try to foot the bill of these mighty three."

"Hunger is a wayOf standing outside windowsThe entering takes away."

"Actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second. Words are perhaps the worst. Words are merciless."

"When your speaking style is clear, confident, and concise, your listeners will perceive you as such."

"Colour me with you're intentions."

"Her voice was caught in the shell of my ear, as if it were the ocean."

"A loud mind is greater than a loud mouth."

"What we say has conversational value, what we do has true value for life."

"If you can weep with your words, the meaning of your heart can be written forever."

"Write the words on your heart."
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"What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce ... Men must want to do things of their own innermost drives. People, not commercial organisations or chains of command, are what make great civilizations work, every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces. If you overorganize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness - they cannot work and their civilization collapses."

"Some say," Scytale said, "that people cling to Imperial leadership because space is infinite. They feel lonely without a unifying symbol. For a lonely people, the Emperor is a definite place. They can turn toward him and say: 'See, there He is. He makes us one.' Perhaps religion serves the same purpose, m'Lord."

"Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness."

"What's law? Control? Law filters chaos and what drips through? Serenity? Law -- our highest ideal and our basest nature. Don't look too closely at the law. Do, and you'll find the rationalized interpretations, the legal casuistry, the precedents of convenience. You'll find the serenity, which is just another word for death."

"Wild Fremen said it well: "Four things cannot be hidden -- love, smoke, a pillar of fire and a man striding across the open bled."

"When strangers meet, great allowances should be made for differences in custom and training."
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