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Welcome to thee,
O sword of eternity!
Through Buddha
And through Daruma alike
Thou hast cleft thy way.
-千利休
Death poem composed to the dagger Sen no Rikyū used to take his own life following his last tea ceremony.
It is by will alone… 0
4.10 What is the Mentat Mantra? (Dune)
Mentat Piter de Vries (Brad Dourif) recites this litany in the movie
version of Dune, and Mentat Hayt de Vries (Robert Carin) repeats it in
Westwood’s computer game Dune 2000. It does not appear anywhere in the
books, but is a movie construct from the mind of David Lynch.
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the juice of sapho that thoughts acquire speed,
the lips acquire stains.
The stains become a warning.
It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.
