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And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. ROMANS 8:28
— Francine Rivers
Please change me. Make me whatever suits Your purposes here.
— Francine Rivers
Good friend, we all hurt for her. But her suffering will bring about God's purpose, and you will see it.
— Frank Peretti
Each of us comes into being knowing who he is and what he is supposed to do.' ... 'Small children know,' Leto said. 'It's only after adults have confused them that children hide this knowledge even from themselves.
— Frank Herbert
He understood terrible purposes. They drove against all odds. They were their own necessity. Paul felt that he had been infected with terrible purpose. He did not know yet what the terrible purpose was.
— Frank Herbert
When God hath ordained a creature to die in a particular place, He causeth that creature's wants to direct him to that place.
— Frank Herbert
I realize that humans cannot bear very much reality. Most lives are a flight from selfhood. Most prefer the truths of the stable. You stick your heads into the stanchions and munch contentedly until you die. Others use you for their purposes. Not once do you live outside the stable to lift your head and be your own creature. Muad'Dib came to tell you about that. Without understanding his message, you cannot revere him!
— Frank Herbert
The Golden Path demands it. And what is the Golden Path? you ask. It is the survival of humankind, nothing more nor less.
— Frank Herbert
Paul felt that he had been infected with terrible purpose. He did not know yet what the terrible purpose was.
— Frank Herbert
He could close his eyes and recall the shouts of the crowds. So that is what they hope, he thought. And he remembered what the old Reverend Mother had said: Kwisatz Haderach. The memories touched his feelings of terrible purpose, shading this strange world
— Frank Herbert
Indeed? Pardon me for not listening further but I am really on an urgent errand.
— Frank Herbert
A victory is useless unless it reflects your deepest wishes.
— Frank Herbert