Quotes from Frank Herbert

The whole theory of warfare is calculated risk

Die Angst tötet das Bewusstsein. Sie führt zu völliger Zerstörung. Ich werde ihr ins Gesicht sehen. Sie soll mich vollständig durchdringen. Und wenn sie von mir gegangen ist, wird nichts zurückbleiben. Nichts außer mir.

Não se pode fundamentar a política no amor. As pessoas não se interessam pelo amor: é desordenado demais. Elas preferem o despotismo. O excesso de liberdade engendra o caos. Não podemos permitir isso, podemos? E como transformar o despotismo em algo que se possa amar?

CHOAM is business and business follows profits.

There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors. —FROM "COLLECTED SAYINGS OF MUAD'DIB" BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

A crime in one society can be a moral requirement in another society.

You can't build politics on love," he said. "People aren't concerned with love; it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos. We can't have that, can we? And how do you make despotism lovable?

the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience

Penso na alegria que é estar vivo e me pergunto se chegarei a dar o salto interior até a raiz deste corpo e conhecer a mim mesmo como um dia foi. A raiz está lá. Se algum ato meu conseguirá encontrá-la isso continua emaranhado no futuro. Mas todas as coisas que um homem é capaz de fazer a mim pertencem. Qualquer ato meu poderia fazê-lo.

We know that one: 'Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Wrong, Dama. Something more subtle but far more pervasive: Power attracts the corruptible.

Law—our highest ideal and our basest nature. Don't look too closely at the law. Do, and you'll find the rationalized interpretations, the legal casuistry, the precedents of convenience. You'll find the serenity, which is just another word for death.

She is the virgin-harlot," Bijaz said. "She is vulgar, witty, knowledgeable to a depth that terrifies, cruel when she is most kind, unthinking while she thinks, and when she seeks to build she is as destructive as a coriolis storm.

You strain at the next instant, refuse to live here and now.

all things/cells/beings are impermanent . . . strive for flow-permanence within. . .

O sábio se automodela, o tolo só vive para morrer.

Dovrebbe esistere una scienza dell'infelicità. La gente ha bisogno di tempi difficili e di oppressione per sviluppare i propri muscoli psichici.

Oamenii o duc cel mai bine când fiecare îÈ™i are locul s?u, când fiecare È™tie ce reprezint? el în rânduiala lucrurilor È™i ce poate înf?ptui. Distruge acest loc È™i vei distruge individul.

O ponto de vista dos céticos. E o soberanos são sabidamente céticos no que toca a religião. A religião também é uma arma. E que tipo de arma seria a religião quando elas se torna o governo?

Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said.

What do you give me?" All of the bitterness was there and a hint of the spice from her dried food.

Los historiadores ejercen un gran poder, y algunos de ellos lo saben. Recrean el pasado, cambiándolo para que encaje con sus propias interpretaciones. De este modo, cambian también el futuro.

ViaÈ›a nu poate g?si motive care s? o susÈ›in?, nu poate fi o surs? de consideraÈ›ie decent? È™i reciproc?, decât dac? fiecare dintre noi este decis s?-i insufle aceste calit??i.

Pour bien gouverner, il faut apprendre le langage du monde qui est le vôtre et qui est différent sur chaque monde. [...] Elle voulait parler du langage des rochers et des choses vivantes, ce langage que l'on ne peut entendre avec ses seules oreilles.

One of the most dangerous things in the universe is an ignorant people with real grievances. That is nowhere near as dangerous, however, as an informed and intelligent society with grievances. The damage that vengeful intelligence can wreak, you cannot even imagine.