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The flaw must lie in our methods of description, in languages, in social networks of meaning, in moral structures, and in philosophies and religions — all of which convey implicit limits where no limits exist.

— Frank Herbert Dune Genesis (1980)

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The thing we must do intensely is be human together. People are more important than things.

If we define Futurism as an exploration beyond accepted limits, then the nature of limiting systems becomes the first object of exploration.

Don't give over all of your critical faculties to people in power, no matter how admirable those people may appear to be.

Dune Genesis (1980)

No matter how finely you subdivide time and space, each tiny division contains infinity.

Dune Genesis (1980)

If you need something to worship, then worship life — all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!

Dune Messiah (1969)

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