Can you collect chaos? Not collecting, that is the ultimate gathering. What can you gather without gathering yourself. - Frank Herbert

When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.

Jessica, hearing the voices, felt the depth of the experience, realized what terrible inhibitions there must be against shedding tears. She focused on the words: “He gives moisture to the dead.” It was a gift to the shadow world — tears. They would be sacred beyond a doubt.

Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.