Quotes About Influence

Vjerske ustanove ovjekovje?uju odnos izme?u smrtnog gospodara i smrtnog sluge, re?e Leto.One stvaraju pozornicu koja privla?i ponosne ljude koji žude za mo?i sa svim njihovim kratkovidnim predrasudama!

A finger's touch had been known to topple civilizations.

Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout?

She asked me to tell her what it is to rule," Paul said. "And I said that one commands. And she said I had some unlearning to do.

The devices themselves condition the users to employ each other the way they employ machines.

Leadership and our dependence on it (how and why we choose particular leaders) is a much misunderstood historical phenomenon.

Muad'Dib gave us a particular kind of knowledge about prophetic insight, about the behaviour which surrounds such insight and its influence upon events whcih are seen to be on line. (That is, events which are set to occur in a related system which the prophet reveals and interprets.) As has been noted elsewhere, such insight operates as a peculiar trap for the prophet himself. He can become the victim of what he knows — which is a relatively common human failing.

Muad'Dib gave us a particular kind of knowledge about prophetic insight, about the behaviour which surrounds such insight and its influence upon events which are seen to be on line. (That is, events which are set to occur in a related system which the prophet reveals and interprets.) As has been noted elsewhere, such insight operates as a peculiar trap for the prophet himself. He can become the victim of what he knows — which is a relatively common human failing.

You see, we often get noncreative leaders, people most interested in preserving their own positions. They flock around centers of power. Such centers attract people who can be corrupted. That is a more descriptive observation than to say simply that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

If you are corruptible and your imagination is confined to worries about loss of power, you exist in a self-destructive system

he really cared for Fannie Mae! He admired her . . . and she could hurt him because he admired her and felt . . . felt this way.

Când sunt mai slab ca voi, v? cer libertatea pentru c? asta corespunde principiilor voastre; când sunt mai puternic ca voi, v? iau libertatea pentru c? asta corespunde principiilor mele.

A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals

It's my storm, Paul said [...] Though it shook the entire world it could not be more than I wished.

Only the puppet masters were important. How the puppets moved—that told you what the puppet masters were doing.

Ja! Y pensaba que ibas a decirme algo nuevo. Eso ya lo sabemos: «El poder corrompe. El poder absoluto corrompe absolutamente.» —Falso, Dama. Algo más sutil pero mucho más penetrante: El poder atrae a lo corruptible.

Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout? -Bene Gesserit Council Proceedings: Archives #XOX232

Arrakis has it's own way determining who wears the mantle of authority,' Kynes said.

A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful

heroic leaders often made mistakes . . . mistakes that were amplified by the number of followers who were held in thrall by charisma.

He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it.

Un líder es una de las cosas que diferencia a una turba de un pueblo. Es alguien que mantiene la individualidad. Cuando hay poca individualidad

Control the coinage and the courts – let the rabble have the rest." Thus the Padishah Emperor advised you. And he tells you: "If you want profits, you must rule." There is truth in these words, but I ask myself: "Who are the rabble and who are the ruled?

The people who can destroy a thing, they control it," Paul