Ignorance has its advantages. A universe of surprises is what I pray for!
If you put away those who report accurately, you’ll keep only those who know what you want to hear. I can think of nothing more poisonous than to rot in the stink of your own reflections.
I observed you in pain, lad. Pain’s merely the axis of the test. Your mother’s told you about our ways of observing. I see the signs of her teaching in you. Our test is crisis and observation.
He was warrior and mystic, ogre and saint, the fox and the innocent, chivalrous, ruthless, less than a god, more than a man.
Gurney’s a romantic, the Duke growled. This talk of killing suddenly disturbed him, coming from his son. I’d sooner you never had to kill…but if the need arises, you do it however you can—tip or edge....
Even in the most barren wasteland, a flower always grows. Recognize this, and learn to adapt to your surroundings.-Dr. Bryce Haynes (planetary ecologist assigned to study Duneworld)
Em tempos, os homens entregavam o pensamento às máquinas, na esperança de que isso os libertasse. Mas só permitiu que outros homens com máquinas os escravizassem
Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you ro...
Dune Messiah is the most misunderstood of Frank Herbert's novels. The reasons for this are as fascinating and complex as the renowned author himself. (Brian Herbert's Introduction)
Divide and rule, subdivide and rule even more powerfully, fragment and rule absolutely. That’s
Culture! They dispense culture the better to rule. Beauty! They promote the beauty which enslaves. They create a literate ignorance—easiest thing of all. They leave nothing to chance. Chains! Everythi...
Chani sat back on her heels, submerging her fears in thought as she studied Paul’s face. This was a trick she had learned from watching the Reverend Mothers. Time could be made to serve the mind.
Another might have missed the tension, but she had trained him in the Bene Gesserit Way - in the minutiae of observation.
All rebels are closet aristocrats. That’s why I can convert them so easily.
All governments needed to remain under suspicion during their time of power including that of the Sisterhood itself. Trust no government! Not even mine!
A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
A person cries out in life because it's lonely and because life's been broken off from whatever created it. But no matter how much you hate life, you love it too. It's like a caldron boiling with ever...
A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals, and a people reverts to a mob.
A leader tries to perpetuate the conditions which demand his leadership. Thus, the leader requires the outsider.
A good bureaucracy is the best tool of oppression ever invented.