Quotes from Frank Herbert

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. —FROM "COLLECTED SAYINGS OF MUAD'DIB

They yawned and stretched in secret unison in their adjoining chambers

Le concept de progrès agit comme un mécanisme de protection destiné à nous isoler des terreurs de l'avenir.

I've had visions in the orgy many times. They don't mean anything.

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

Humans live best when each has his own place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person. You and I, Thufir, of all those who love the Duke, are most ideally situated to destroy the other's place.

You will not," Stilgar said. "I know there are spares among us. Where are the spares? Are we a troop together or a band of savages?

For proper government, the tribe must have ways to choose men whose lives reflect the way a government should behave." From

What is it you really want to know, Siona? What you believe! Ho! You ask after my faith. Well, now-I believe that something cannot emerge from nothing without divine intervention.

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Perverts don't perpetuate!

Cu toÈ›ii ne str?duim s? evolu?m, dar, când ceva ne împiedic?, ne putem transfera potenÈ›ialul spre suferin?? - provocându-ne-o nou? înÈ™ine sau provocând-o altora.

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.

The voice was baritone and with exquisite control. It managed to dismiss him while greeting him.

That was the Bene Gesserit view of history, ancient Santayana's words resonating in their lives: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Quando io sono più debole di te, ti chiedo la libertà perché ciò è in accordo con i tuoi princìpi. Quando sono più forte di te, io ti tolgo la libertà perché ciò è in accordo con i miei princìpi. Parole di un antico filosofo (attribuite da Harq al-Ada a un certo Louis Veuillot)

The unknown brings its own worries,' he said.

looked for signs of slackness and especially for areas of responsibility that were running too smoothly. The Senior Watchdog had her own watchwords: "Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known. —FROM "MANUAL OF MUAD'DIB" BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

A maior parte das vidas é uma fuga da essência de cada um.

Government and religion united, and breaking a law became sin. A smell of blasphemy arose like smoke around any questioning of governmental edicts. The guilt of rebellion invoked hellfire and self-righteous judgments.

What do you despise? By this you are truly known.

The test of a man isn't what you think he'll do but what he actually does.

O civilizaÈ›ie se întemeiaz?, în cea mai mare parte, pe laÈ™itate. Este atât de uÈ™or s? civilizezi propov?duind laÈ™itatea. Diluezi factorii care ar putea încuraja cutezanÈ›a. Limitezi exercitarea voinÈ›ei. Egalizezi apetiturile. Îngr?deÈ™ti orizonturile. Decretezi o lege pentru fiecare miÈ™care. Negi existenÈ›a haosului. Îi înveÈ›i pân? È™i pe copii s? respire domol. ÎmblânzeÈ™ti.