Quotes from Frank Herbert

He had never known the Atreides grandfather whose name this child had taken.

And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult, Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson. —from 'The Humanity of Muad'Dib' by the Princess Irulan

The realization that all religions had at least one common commandment: "Thou shalt not disfigure the soul.

Peace has only one meaning in this Imperium. It's the maintenance of a single way of life.

La carne se rinde. La eternidad recupera lo que es suyo. Nuestro cuerpos agitan brevemente estas aguas, danzan con cierta intoxicación ante el amor a la vida y a sí mismos, tratar con extrañas ideas para después someterse a los instrumentos del tiempo

not compete with what is happening. To compete is to prepare for failure. Do not be trapped by the need to achieve anything. This way, you achieve everything.

beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. This every sister of

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. -From Muad'Dib: The Ninety-Nine Wonders of the Universe by The Princess Irulan

Ä°yi yönetimler hiçbir zaman kanunlara dayanmaz, yönetenlerin kiÅŸisel niteliklerine dayan?r. Yönetim mekanizmas? daima bu mekanizmay? idare edenlerin isteÄŸine baÄŸl?d?r. Bu yüzden, yönetimin en önemli unsuru, liderleri seçme yöntemidir.

More than one government has fallen because people discovered the real extent of official wealth.

Sietch Tabr is mine. I rule here. I am a Naib of the Fremen. Without me there would have been no Muad'Dib. These twins, now . . . through Chani, their mother and my kinswoman, my blood flows in their veins. I am there with Muad'Dib and Chani and all the others. What have we done to our universe?

EÄŸer kesinlik, mutlak bir geleceÄŸi mutlak olarak bilmekse, bu yaln?zca k?l?k deÄŸiÅŸtirmiÅŸ ölümdür!

I distrust the extremes. Scratch a conservative and you find someone who prefers the past over any future. Scratch a liberal and find a closet aristocrat

Nothing on this planet had so forcefully hammered into her the ultimate value of water. Not the water-sellers, not the dried skins of the natives, not stillsuits or the rules of water discipline. Here there was a substance more precious than all others - it was life itself and entwined all around with symbolism and ritual.

House Corrino would not risk such a holocaust. They were undoubtedly sincere in subscribing to the argument that nuclear weapons were a reserve held for one purpose: defense of humankind should a threatening "other intelligence" ever be encountered.

A small, black-robed figure could be seen momentarily against the light—Alia darting out to find a knife and, as befitted her Fremen training, to kill Harkonnen and Sardaukar wounded.

There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengeance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. —MUAD'DIB ON LAW FROM THE STILGAR COMMENTARY

A volte coloro che erano supremamente ricchi diventavano depravati. Ciò derivava dalla loro convinzione che il denaro (il potere) potesse comperare tutto e tutti. E perché non avrebbero dovuto crederlo? Lo vedevano accadere tutti i giorni. Era facile credere negli assoluti.

Loyalty in a male army fastens onto the army itself rather than onto the civilization which fosters the army.

If you put away those who report accurately, you'll keep only those who know what you want to hear," Jessica

Every experience carries it's lesson

I must rule with eye and claw—as the hawk among lesser birds.

they're destroying their environment. In the process, they're becoming not-men!

Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.