Discovery is dangerous . . . but so is life. A man unwilling to take risks is doomed never to learn, never to grow, never to live. —Planetologist Pardot Kynes, An Arrakis Primer, written for his son L...
But this … creature was none of those things. He was barely distinguishable from an animal. The young man—singlehandedly—seemed intent on increasing the universe’s entropy by an order of magnitude.
Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.
A human captive had fought the machines! She had destroyed a robot with her own hands! Amazed, they called out her name.
‘I must not fear,’ she intoned, her eyes closed. ‘Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through...
When the shepherd is a wolf, the flock becomes only so much meat.
The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth. —Bene Gesserit Precept I
Seurat’s flowmetal face gleamed in the lights from his update ship’s cockpit. Then I regret having been such an excellent teacher.
Savant, doesn’t it strike you as somewhat…hypocritical that we fight to keep humans free from the domination of machines, while at the same time some of our own League Worlds use slaves?
Human imagination is a powerful thing. It can be a sanctuary from difficult times, a catalyst to change society, or the impetus to create marvelous works of art. On the other hand, an overabundance of...
Dreams are as simple or as complicated as the dreamer. —LIET-KYNES,
As a human being, I was born on the brink of personal destruction, and I have spent my life dancing along the edge of that cliff.
A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive. — FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes
Environment where students could develop their mental skills through hours of uninterrupted meditation. Gilbertus had chosen this inhospitable area with a specific purpose in mind. He believed the dan...
Would it … would it be possible for me to speak with them? No, the secondary said. In his exalted position, Iblis Ginjo was unaccustomed to hearing such a response.
We humans exist on hope. It’s what separates us from thinking machines.
Jool Noret, we admire you. You are the scourge of Omnius. I am merely doing my job.
I'm a thinker. That is what I do, in great depth and detail, every waking moment of the day. I like to believe it's worthwhile. And yet, I can't help but recall something ... said to me once when I wa...
Erasmus was like Serena in a sense: he frequently needed to prune and weed the human race in his own garden.
What is this Love that so many speak of with such apparent familiarity? Do they truly comprehend how unattainable it is? Are there not as many definitions of Love as there are stars in the universe?