01UndatedMove slowly and the day of your revenge will come," Tuek said. "Speed is a device of Shaitan. Cool your sorrow–we’ve the diversions for it; three things there are that ease the heart–water, green grass, and the beauty of woman.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
02UndatedGive 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.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
03UndatedAny man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
04UndatedBut oh, the perils of leadership in a species so anxious to be told what to do. How little they knew of what they created by their demands. Leaders made mistakes. And those mistakes, amplified by the numbers who followed without questioning, moved inevitably toward great disasters.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
05UndatedI must rule with eye and claw — as the hawk among lesser birds. - Duke Leto AtreidesFrank Herbert / quote ↗
06UndatedGreatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part on the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
08UndatedIt doesn't follow that the riots mean permanent hostility toward him.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
09UndatedMy son will wear the title well, the Duke thought, and realized with a sudden chill that this was another death thought.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
10UndatedHe uses the nice old words so rich in tradition to be sure I know he means it.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
11UndatedThere are proven ways to win the loyalty of tough, strong, ferocious men: play on the certain knowledge of their superiority, the mystique of secret covenant, the esprit of shared suffering.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
12UndatedI never thought it would be easy to serve God," she said. "I just didn't think it would be this hard.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
13UndatedEducation is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definition.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
14UndatedEvery civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-- they cannot work and their civilization collapsesFrank Herbert / quote ↗
15UndatedThree quick breaths triggered the responses: he fell into the floating awareness... focusing the consciousness... aortal dilation... avoiding the unfocused mechanism of consciousness... to be conscious by choice... blood enriched and swift-flooding the overload regions... one does not obtain food-safety freedom by instinct alone... animal consciousness does not extend beyond the given moment nor into the idea that its victims may become extinct... the animal destroys and does not produce... animal pleasures remain close to sensation levels and avoid the perceptual... the human requires a background grid through which to see his universe... focused consciousness by choice, this forms your grid... bodily integrity follows nerve-blood flow according to the deepest awareness of cell needs... all things/cells/beings are impermanent... strive for flow-permanence within...Frank Herbert / quote ↗
16UndatedIf we deny the need for thought, Moneo, as some do, we lose the powers of reflection; we cannot define what our senses report. If we deny the flesh, we unwheel the vehicle which bears us. But if we deny emotion, we lose all touch with our internal universe. It was emotions which I missed the most.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
18UndatedConstitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
19UndatedAll governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
20UndatedWe are plagued by a corrupt polity which promotes unlawful and/or immoral behaviour. Public interest has no practical significance in everyday behaviour among the ruling factions. The real problems of our world are not being confronted by those in power. In the guise of public service, they use whatever comes to hand for personal gain. They are insane with and for power.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
21UndatedDeceit is a tool of statecraft," Irulan agreed."There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover," Paul said.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
22UndatedOn Caladan, we ruled with sea and air power," the Duke said. "Here, we must scrabble for desert power. This is your inheritance, Paul.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
23UndatedOne must always keep the tools of statecraft sharp and ready. Power and fear – sharp and ready.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
24UndatedDune was a world of paradox now—a world under siege, yet the center of power. To come under siege, he decided, was the inevitable fate of power.Frank Herbert / quote ↗
