Quotes from Frank Herbert

They shall not escape their fate through powers of reason! Reason arises from pride that a man may not know in this way when he has done evil.

Bir ?eyin yoklu?u, varl???ndan daha fazla ?ey ifade eder.

All sentient beings are created unequal. The best society provides each with equal opportunity to float at his own level. — The Gowachin Primary

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 it.' That seemed to satisfy her.

And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning "That path leads ever down into stagnation.

He has that tremendous, almost naive honor—and what a powerful force that truly is.

He turned away from her, looking out into the night. Why can't I mourn? he wondered. He felt that every fiber of his being craved this release, but it would be denied him forever.

Only those who recognize the value of war and exercise it have any degree of self-determination.

Mutlak bilgiye sahip ç?kmak gaddarl?kt?r. Bilgi, belirsizliÄŸin k?y?s?ndaki sonsuz bir macerad?r.

My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. "Something cannot emerge from nothing," he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable "the truth" can be.

When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles. —WORDS OF AN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHER (ATTRIBUTED BY HARQ AL-ADA TO ONE LOUIS VEUILLOT)

GideremeyeceÄŸimiz tek korkunun, kendi yapt???m?z hatalar?m?za dair duyduÄŸumuz korkular olduÄŸu söylenir.

Show no mercy. Never stop. Mercy is a chimera. It can be defeated by the stomach rumbling its hunger, by the throat crying its thirst.

Forget mystery and accept love. There's no mystery about love. It comes from life.

When I'm stronger than you I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.

must not fear, she told herself, mouthing the words of the Bene Gesserit litany. Fear is the mind-killer.

birds already were calling and lifting into the sky.

They were doors large enough to have admitted an entire cathedral from one of the ancient religions. Passing through them was said to reduce a pilgrim's soul to motedom, sufficiently small that it could pass through the eye of a needle and enter heaven.

The universe neither threatens nor promises. It holds things beyond our sway: the fall of a meteor, the eruption of a spiceblow, growing old and dying. These are the realities of this universe and they must be faced regardless of how you feel about them. You cannot fend off such realities with words. They will come at you in their own wordless way and then, then you will understand what is meant by "life and death.

A world is supported by four things…." She held up four big-knuckled fingers. "…the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing…." She closed her fingers into a fist. "…without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.

Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past me I will turn to see fear's path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

He hates his God Emperor! No . . . he fears him. But don't we always hate what we fear?

Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not known, Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.

Such trauma can be healed by cooperation, not by confrontation. The summons to cooperate identifies the healer.