| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| dff2759 | The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence | historical historical-perspective history-repeating-itself human-perception jared-wheat past past-and-future perception presence the-past | T.S. Eliot | |
| bd730a0 | These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness | belief-system belief-systems beliefs dune dune-arrakis dune-house-atreides dune-messiah evil evil-men faith falsehood falsehoods good goodness historical historical-perspective history history-of-mankind history-of-thought justice-of-god moral moral-law morality morals religion religion-philosophy religion-spirituality religions religious religious-faith virtue virtues | Frank Herbert |