Quotes

Rulers are notoriously cynical where religions are concerned. Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government? ~ Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Reason is the first victim of strong emotion. ~ Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers. ~ Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Power tends to isolate those who hold too much of it. Eventually, they lose touch with reality... and fall. ~ Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Often I must speak other than I think. That is called diplomacy. ~ Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert The flesh surrenders itself, he thought. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not . . . yet, I occurred. ~ Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert If you need something to worship, then worship life — all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together! ~ Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Do not be trapped by the need to achieve anything. This way, you achieve everything. ~ Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. ~ Dune by Frank Herbert Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. ~ Dune by Frank Herbert