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• Most lives are a flight from selfhood. Most prefer the truths of the stable. You stick your head into the stanchions and munch contentedly until you die. Others use you for their purposes. Not once do you look outside the stable to lift your head and be your own creature.

  Frank Herbert

  Self, Use, Sticks

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• Every 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 collapses.

  Frank Herbert

  Greatness, Civilization, Quality

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.283, Penguin

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• Silence is often the best thing to say.

  Frank Herbert

  Silence, Silence Is, Best Things

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.105, Penguin

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• The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.

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  Important, Problem

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• Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then.

  Frank Herbert

  Lying, Believe, Demand

  Frank Herbert (1984). “God Emperor of Dune”

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• Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we're compelled to face.

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  Technology, Tools, Faces

  "The Maker of Dune: Insights of a Master of Science Fiction". Book edited by Tim O'Reilly, "Conversations in Port Townsend," (1983), 1987.

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• When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

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  Wise, Ignorance, Men

  "The Godmakers". Book by Frank Herbert, 1972.

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• Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.

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  Research, Produce, Organized

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.425, Penguin

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• Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.

  Frank Herbert

  Civilization, Quality, Individual

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.312, Penguin

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• A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken.

  Frank Herbert

  Sleep, New Experiences, Needs

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• Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.

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  Power, Corruption, Power And Corruption

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• Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

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  Power, Political, Doe

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• Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions.

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  Errors, Assumption, Obsolete

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.82, Penguin

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• Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.

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  Thinking, People, Gliding

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.372, Penguin

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• No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.

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  Truth, Self, Matter

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.96, Penguin

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• The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

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  Purpose, Argument, Thrive

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.68, Penguin

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• Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.

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  Stupidity, Conformity, Remember

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.96, Penguin

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• I now believe that evolution, or deevolution, never ends short of death, that no society has ever achieved an absolute pinnacle, that all humans are not created equal. In fact, I believe attempts to create some abstract equalization create a morass of injustices that rebound on the equalizers. Equal justice and equal opportunity are ideals we should seek, but we should recognize that humans administer the ideals and that humans do not have equal ability.

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  Believe, Opportunity, Justice

  "Dune Genesis" by Frank Herbert , Omni, Vol. 2, No. 2 (p. 72), July 1980.

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• The ultimate test ... to see the good in evil and the evil in good.

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  Evil, Tests, Ultimate

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• There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

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  Hard Times, Psychics, People

  "Dune".

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• Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

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  Faces, Face Your Fears, Climbs

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.151, Penguin

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• To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers.

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  Wise, Men, May

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.99, Penguin

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• A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.

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  Creativity, Men, Creating

  "Shoptalk: learning to write with writers". Book by Donald Morison Murray, 1990.

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• These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness

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  Religious, Honesty, Successful

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.68, Penguin

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• If you focus your awareness only upon your own rightness, then you invite the forces of opposition to overwhelm you.

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  Focus, Awareness, Force

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.181, Penguin

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