Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free.But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
The Fremen have a saying they credit to Shai-hulud, Old Father Eternity, ‘Be prepared to appreciate what you meet.’
And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning, ‘That path leads ever down into stagnation.’
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 me I will turn to see fear’s path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain.
To stop, to rest…truly rest.
It occurred to her that mercy was the ability to stop,if only for a moment.
There was no mercy where there could be no stopping.
I should’ve suspected trouble when the coffee failed to arrive.