But the tripod upon which Eternity swings is composed of flesh and thought and emotion.
Bir zamanlar, insanlar düşünme işini makinelere devretmiş, böylece özgürleşmeyi umut etmişlerdi; ama bu, makinelere sahip başka insanların onları köleleştirmesine yol açtı sadece.
Among my father’s most important messages were that governments lie to protect themselves and they make incredibly stupid decisions. Years after the publication of Dune, Richard M. Nixon provided ampl...
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become d...
A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel.
When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.
Ако вярваш, че наистина си гладен, можеш да изядеш и собствените си мисли.Поговорка на Паленките
The sleeper must awaken
Still wanted those genetic characteristics carried by the Atreides.
You should never be in the company of anyone with whom you would not want to die.
You know the myth of the Great Spice Hoard? Yes, I know about that story, too. A majordomo brought it to me one day to amuse me. The story says there is a hoard of melange, a gigantic hoard, big as a...
You can say things which cannot be done. This is elementary. The trick is to keep attention focused on what is said and not on what can be done.
You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.
You always know the creative because it is revealed openly. Concealment betrays the existence of another force entirely.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
When religion and politics ride the same cart, when that cart is driven by a living holy man (baraka), nothing can stand in their path.
What religion and self-interest cannot hide, governments can, Edric said.
What is the son but an extension of the father?
We shouldn’t have tried to create new symbols, he said. We should’ve realized we weren’t supposed to introduce uncertainties into accepted belief, that we weren’t supposed to stir up curiosity about G...
We don’t need any more Atreides gods! We need a space for some humanity!