All Quotes By Tag: Philosophy

“Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power,” Tuek said. “You might find the line between life and death among the Fremen to be too sharp and quick.”

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”

“Il n’y a de réalité que dans l’action.(There is no reality except in action.)”

“A bird is safe in its nest – but that is not what its wings are made for.”

“Travel is never a matter of money but of courage”

“Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift. ”

“Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.”

“Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone one who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.”

“We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move.We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness insidethat holds whatever we want.We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.We work with being, but non-being is what we use.”

“Maybe that’s it, […] [w]ith what you were talking about before. The world being broken. Maybe it isn’t that we’re supposed to find the pieces and put them back together. Maybe we’re the pieces.” […] “Maybe […] what we’re supposed to do is come together. That’s how we stop the breaking.”

“If you have reasons to love someone, you don’t love them.”

“To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.”

“It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid to love and to be loved because love tends to strip bare all emotional barricades. Without love, strength and independence are prone to losing every bit of their worth; they become nothing more than a fearful, intimidated, empty tent lost somewhere in the desert of self.”

“One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, and compassion”

“Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.”