Bene Gesserit Saying of the Day

[Cygnus]

Profound words from the fictional Goddesses of INTJ themselves :)



At the quantum level our universe can be seen as an indeterminate place, predictable in a statistical way only when you employ large enough numbers. Between that universe and a relatively predictable one where the passage of a single planet can be timed to a picosecond, other forces come into play. For the in-between universe where we find our daily lives, that which you believe is a dominant force. Your beliefs order the unfolding of daily events. If enough of us believe, a new thing can be made to exist. Belief structure creates a filter through which chaos is sifted into order.

Analysis of the Tyrant,
the Taraza file: Bene Gesserit Archives

Heretics of Dune

[Arcani]

I wanted to write an essay on the Bene Gesserit for my sci. fi. class. Unfortunately my professor wouldn't let me make my own topic... would have been an amazing essay...





Arcani added to this post, 4 minutes and 52 seconds later...

Meh, I guess I'll throw in my favorite Bene Gesserit saying:

I must not fear.
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 I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
Only I will remain

Bene Gesserit: Litany against fear
Dune

[Cygnus]

The less we know, the longer the explanation.

Bene Gesserit Azhar Book (renegade copy)

Dune: House Corrino

[Cygnus]

Humans are born with a susceptibility to that most persistent and debilitating disease of intellect: self-deception. The best of all possible worlds and the worst get their dramatic coloration from it. As nearly as we can determine, there is no natural immunity. Constant alertness is required.

The Coda

Chapterhouse: Dune

[Cygnus]

There are no facts -- only observational postulates in an endlessly regenerative hodgepodge of predictions. Consensus reality requires a fixed frame of reference. In a multilevel, infinite universe, there can be no fixity; thus, no absolute consensus reality. In a relativistic universe, it appears impossible to test the reliability of any expert by requiring him to agree with another expert. Both can be correct, each in his own inertial system.

Bene Gesserit Azhar Book

Dune: House Corrino

[Seppuku Savant]

There are no facts -- only observational postulates in an endlessly regenerative hodgepodge of predictions. Consensus reality requires a fixed frame of reference. In a multilevel, infinite universe, there can be no fixity; thus, no absolute consensus reality. In a relativistic universe, it appears impossible to test the reliability of any expert by requiring him to agree with another expert. Both can be correct, each in his own inertial system.

Bene Gesserit Azhar Book

Dune: House Corrino

I definitely agree with that.