"The mind imposes this framework which it calls "reality". That arbitrary framework has a tendency to be quite independent of what your senses report." Muad'Dib

"Every sound is born out of silence, dies back into silence, and during its lifespan is surrounded by silence. Silence enables the sound to be. It is an intrinsic but on manifested part of every sound, every musical note, every song, every word."

"... a wholistic conception of useful knowledge is not universal. It is dependent upon or embedded in its cultural and institutional contexts."