Quotes from Frank Herbert

May thy knife chip and shatter.

I've sat across from many rulers of Great Houses, but never seen a more gross and dangerous pig than this one, Thufir Hawat told himself.

Have they taught you about democracy?" "Yes, sir. That's where you vote for—" "That's where you distrust anyone with power over you!

That witch mother of his is giving him the deep training, certainly.

Give as few orders as possible,' his father had told him … once … long ago. 'Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.

They're in league with the future

Life—all life—is in the service of life.

Monotonca ba??rarak müÅŸteri çekmeye çal???yorlard?. Seslerinde iÅŸgünü sonuna özgü bir canl?l?k vard?... Eski hayallerin gerçekleÅŸeceÄŸi umudundan kaynaklanan ancak bir yandan da hayatlar?n?n deÄŸiÅŸmeyeceÄŸinin bilinciyle renklenen, sahte bir par?lt?.

Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties…and the striving for something better, plus the fear that nothing would come of it all.

Power tends to isolate those who hold too much of it. Eventually, they lose touch with reality . . . and fall.

The water searched through rolling hills

Din cauza percepÈ›iei unidirecÈ›ionale a Timpului în care r?mâne cufundat? mintea convenÈ›ional?, oamenii au tendinÈ›a de a considera orice lucru conform unei scheme continue, definit? prin cuvinte. Aceast? capcan? mental? produce concepte de eficien?? È™i consecinÈ›e pe termen foarte scurt, ceea ce genereaz? condiÈ›ia unor reacÈ›ii invariabile È™i nepreg?tite pentru orice criz?.

truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe.

And Kynes rubbed his cheek, thinking of the legend: "He shall know your ways as though born to them.

Every people subjugated by the jihad now dreams of a leader to come.

Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class—whether that class be hereditary royalty, oligarchs of financial empires, or entrenched bureaucracy. —Politics as Repeat Phenomenon: Bene Gesserit Training Manual

She said the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. So I quoted the First Law of Mentat at her: 'A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with

Siyaset: OlabildiÄŸince çok ÅŸeyi gizlerken tamamen aç?k ve içten gibi görünme sanat?.

No construirás una máquina a semejanza de la mente del hombre» —citó Paul.

Government, on the other hand, is a cultural organism particularly attractive to doubts, questions and contentions. I see the day coming when ceremony must take the place of faith and symbolism replaces morality.

Korku katilidir akl?n. Korku, mutlak y?k?m getiren küçük ölümdür. Korkumla yüzleÅŸeceÄŸim. Onun etraf?mdan ve içimden geçip gitmesine izin vereceÄŸim. Ve geçip gittiÄŸinde, onun izlediÄŸi yolu görmek için iç gözümü kullanaca??m. Korkunun geçtiÄŸi yerde hiçbir ÅŸey olmayacak. Yaln?zca ben kalaca??m.

humans can endure only in a fraternity of social justice.

Humans live best when each has his place to stand, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things and what he may achieve. Destroy the place and you destroy the person. —BENE GESSERIT TEACHING

who hate the Harkonnens so much they'll burn a chair in which a Harkonnen has sat, salt the ground over which a Harkonnen has walked.