Quotes from Frank Herbert

pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

Duke: How is a planet to become an Eden without money? Kynes: What is money if it won't buy the services you need?

Humans have such a powerful need that their own belief structure be the TRUE belief. If it gives you pleasure, or a sense of security, and it is incorporated into your belief structure, what a powerful dependency that creates.

It occurred to her that mercy was the ability to stop, if only for a moment.

Qué es consistente? La consistencia no es un aspecto necesario del universo.

I remember no moment when I awakened and said: I love him! No, it had wormed its way into this deeper and deeper addiction until, accomplished fact, it must be accepted in every living moment. Like breathing…or heartbeats.

Tief im Unterbewusstsein des Menschen befindet sich der alles durchdringende Wunsch nach einem Universum, das einen logischen Sinn ergibt. Doch das echte Universum liegt immer einen Schritt jenseits der Logik.

Tulbur?rile publice È™i comediile sunt arme profund revelatoare în orice epoc?. Ele dezv?luie climatul psihologic, gravele incertitudini... È™i dorinÈ›a arz?toare de mai bine, amestecat? cu teama c? nu se va realiza niciodat? nimic.

He wanted to flee from his own mind. It was a beast come to devour him!

You told me: 'Woman is thy field; go then to thy field and till it.

De alguna manera, la decepción había hecho mucho más concreto el concepto del paraíso.

Ready comprehension is often a knee-jerk response and the most dangerous form of understanding. It blinks an opaque screen over your ability to learn. The judgmental precedents of law function that way, littering your path with dead ends. Be warned. Understand nothing. All comprehension is temporary.

The tyranny of the minority cloaked in the mask of the majority," Odrade called it, her voice exultant. "Downfall of democracy. Either overthrown by its own excesses or eaten away by bureaucracy.

Para los demás, diremos que Muad'Dib aprendió rápidamente porque la primera enseñanza que recibió fue la certeza básica de que podía aprender. Es horrible pensar cómo tanta gente cree que no puede aprender, y cómo más gente aún cree que el aprender es difícil. Muad'Dib sabía que cada experiencia lleva en sí misma su lección.

To stay awake all night adds a day to your life

The clock there had not been properly adjusted to local time, and she had to subtract twenty-one minutes to determine that it was about 2 A.M. The

eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever

Demonstre o amor pelos amigos com a cordialidade de sua conduta em relação a eles.

Spend energies on those who make you strong. Energy spent on weaklings drags you to doom.

Multe erori grave de guvernare sunt pricinuite de teama de a realiza schimb?ri interne radicale, chiar È™i când necesitatea lor este clar perceput?.

I salve my own conscience. I give him the surcease of religion before betraying him. Thus may I say to myself that he has gone where I cannot go.

Tedbirler al, ama onlar?n gölgesinde yaÅŸama.

Gowachin Law made a special distinction between prejudgment and bias. McKie considered this. The interpretation of bias was: "If I can rule for a particular side I will do so." For prejudgment: "No matter what happens in the arena I will rule for a particular side." Bias was permitted, but not prejudgment.

It is the river, Leto thought. If I turn, I will see the thing that I have done.