Tuesday, January 24, 2006

some dune sayings

think the dune series by frank herbert is one of the greatest science-fiction series ever written. what i like best about them are the famous "dune sayings" - sayings attributed to various characters in the novels. some of the pithy gems are:

- What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

- 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.

- Truth suffers from too much analysis.

- Without a goal, a life is nothing. Sometimes the goal becomes a man's entire life, an all-consuming passion. But once that goal is achieved, what then? Oh, poor man, what then?

- Man is but a pebble dropped in a pool. And if man is but a pebble, then all his works can be no more.

- The ultimate question: Why does life exist? The answer: For life's sake.

- Truth is a chameleon.

- Nature commits no errors; right and wrong are human categories.

- Too much knowledge never makes for simple decisions.

- There is no reality -- only our own order imposed on everything.

- Love is the highest achievement to which any human may aspire. It is an emotion that encompasses the full depth of heart, mind, and soul.

- What is each man but a memory for those who follow?

- The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

- The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.

- The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.

- Why look for meaning where there is none? Would you follow a path you know leads nowhere?

- How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.

- Though death will cancel it, life in this world is a glorious thing.

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