Quotes About Influence

If you put away those who report accurately, you'll keep only those who know what you want to hear," Jessica said, her voice sweet. "I can think of nothing more poisonous than to rot in the stink of your own reflections.

Kaybedince, iyi karar verme yeteneÄŸini de kaybetmiÅŸ olduk. Bugünlerde bir düÅŸman?n üstüne atlar gibi atl?yoruz kararlar?n üstüne...ya da bekleyip bekleyip ki bu da bir anlamda pes etmektir, baÅŸkalar?n?n kararlar?n?n bizi harekete geçirmesine izin veriyoruz. Bu ak?nt?n?n oluÅŸmas?n? saÄŸlayanlar?n bizler olduÄŸunu unuttuk mu?

The aristocrat's unspoken duty—to teach, and sometimes by horrible example.

Cuando religión y política viajan en el mismo carro, los viajeros piensan que nada podrá detenerles en su camino... Su movimiento es acelerado… rápido y más rápido. Dejan a un lado todos los obstáculos, y no piensan que un precipicio se descubre siempre demasiado tarde.

A great burden for one word, Lord. Words can carry any burden we wish. All that's required is agreement and a tradition upon which to build.

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.

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?

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.

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

Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history.

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)

The people who can destroy a thing, they control it

The problem of leadership is inevitably: Who will play God? —MUAD'DIB, FROM THE ORAL HISTORY

Leaders make mistakes, and those mistakes amplified by the number of those who follow without questioning, move inevitably toward great disasters.

All governments needed to remain under suspicion in their time of power.

The problem with leadership is that leaders are human beings and when they make mistakes their mistakes are amplified by the numbers who follow without question and that's why I say 'think for yourself', ask questions.

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.

All governments needed to remain under suspicion during their time of power

So you know how to make a democracy do whatever you want." A gloating expression. "The technique is quite subtle but easy. You create a system where most people are dissatisfied, vaguely or deeply.

We mustn't run short of filmbase,' the Duke said. 'Else, how could we flood village and city with our information? The people must learn how well I govern them. How would they know if we didn't tell them?

Behind any use of power over another the ultimate assumption remains: 'I feed on your energy.

Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him…once…long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject." The Fremen

Power attracts the corruptible.

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, and a people revert to a mob.