Knowing Where The Trap Is--

Religions Often Partake Of The Myth Of Progress That Shields Us From The Terrors Of An Uncertain Future.

Confine Yourself To Observing And You Always Miss The Point Of Your Life. The Object Can Be Stated This Way: Live The Best Life You Can. Life Is A Game Whose Rules You Learn If You Leap Into It And Play It To The Hilt. Otherwise, You Are Caught Off Balance, Continually Surprised By The Shifting Play. Non-players Often Whine And Complain That Luck Always Passes Them By. They Refuse To See That They Can Create Some Of Their Own Luck. Darwi Odrade - Chapterhouse: Dune

The Surest Way To Keep A Secret Is To Make People Believe They Already Know The Answer.

A Ruler Must Learn To Persuade And Not To Compel.

To Be A God Can Ultimately Become Boring And Degrading. There'd Be Reason Enough For The Invention Of Free Will! A God Might Wish To Escape Into Sleep And Be Alive Only In The Unconscious Projections Of His Dream-creatures.