Author of quotes: Frank Herbert. Page 1

Silence is best sometimes to say.

All governments suffer from the same intractable problem: power attracts pathological personalities. Not that power corrupts, no, but it attracts like a magnet, people are already prone to degradation.

Put yourself in the position of an observer, and you always miss the essence of his life. This provision can be worded as follows: "Live the fullest possible life." Life is a game whose rules you can learn only by participating in it and playing to the end. Otherwise you will not be able to maintain balance and will constantly be surprised by the variability of fate. Outside observers constantly complain that fortune always turns away from them, and good luck passing by. Such people refuse to understand that they themselves, at least partly, the creators of their own luck.

... I know the essence of people, which they deny in words but acknowledge their actions. They argue that looking for peace of mind and reliability, that they call peace. But even saying these words, they do not cease to sow the seeds of discord and violence.

We say that Muad DIB withdrew to the region where the person leaves no footprints in the sand.

The hearts of all people inhabit the same jungle.

You create a dangerous paradox... the Government cannot assert its authority, being at the same time religious. The experience of religion requires spontaneity, and her then and suppress the laws. You cannot govern without laws. The result is that your laws supersede and morality, and every identity, and then will take the place of the religion through which you hope to rule. Only the grace and spiritual endeavor can create a sacred ritual that is fraught with high morality. On the other hand, the government can be considered a cultural formation, are especially prone to doubts, questions and disagreements. And I foresee that there will come a day when ritual will supplant the faith and symbolism replaces morality themselves.

All rulers in all times cynical in regards to religion. After all, religion is also a weapon. And weapons even more powerful when religion and power are combined.

Any question, if long enough to get to the essence, boils down to the same: "Why is this happening?" Politics, religion, and trade converge in the end to one: in whose hands power.

It will never find, but then find every.

Being cost of life to fulfill its own view of himself, would rather die than turn into their own opposite.

I said, will blow out the lamp. The day has come! And you say: give me the flashlight so I missed the arrival of the day.

... if you need something to pray, worship life - all entirely... down to the last tiny creature.

There is a limit to the power level, which can be used by even the most powerful, not killing myself. And the definition of this boundary is manifested in the degree of true artistry, which the government can be given. Error in the use of force is a sin that carries with it fatal consequences. The law can be an instrument of revenge, he cannot be put in pledge, the law can not protect themselves from the martyrs, whom he begets. You can not threaten anyone with impunity.