Insight from the Book Dune

“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.” 
― Frank Herbert, Dune

Desire that cannot be satisfied

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” - C.S. Lewis

Liberty and Safety

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin

John Adams on the natural progression of society

"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain." - John Adams

Happiness

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony" -- Mahatma Gandhi

Mentoring of our children ....

"Prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child." –Native American Proverb

Practice

"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching" - Mahatma Gandhi