Most humans are not strong enough to find freedom within. Sister
My brother comes now, Alia said. Even an Emperor may tremble before Muad'Dib, for he has the strength of righteousness and heaven smiles upon him.
No matter how exotic human civilization becomes, no matter the developments of life and society nor the complexity of the machine/ human interface, there always come interludes of lonely power when th...
Often I must Speak otherwise than I Think. This is Called Diplomacy.
One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.
One who rules assumes irrevocable responsibility for the ruled. You are a husbandman. This demands, at times, a selfless act of love which may only be amusing to those you rule.
Paul sensed his own tensions, decided to practice one of the mind-body lessons his mother had taught him. Three quick breaths triggered the responses: he fell into the floating awareness ... focusing...
Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective.
Prophets have a way of dying by violence.
Remember your philosopher’s doubts, Miles. Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. —The Coda
She asked me to tell her what it is to rule, Paul said. And I said that one commands. And she said I had some unlearning to do. She hit a mark there right enough, Hawat thought. He nodded for Paul to...
THE DUKE Leto Atreides leaned against a parapet of the landing control tower outside Arrakeen. The night’s first moon, an oblate silver coin, hung well above the southern horizon. Beneath it, the jagg...
That is the beginning of knowledge—the discovery of something we do not understand. Before
The day the flesh shapes and the flesh the day shapes.
The difference between a good administrator and a bad one is about five heartbeats. Good administrators make immediate choices. […] They usually can be made to work. A bad administrator, on the other...
The night is a tunnel, she thought, a hole into tomorrow...
The old woman was a witch shadow—hair like matted spiderwebs, hooded ’round darkness of features, eyes like glittering jewels.
The one-eyed view of our universe says The one-eyed view of our universe says you must not look far afield for problems. Such problems may never arrive. Instead, tend to the wolf within your fences. T...
The people who can destroy a thing, they control it.
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