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• Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion

  Frank Herbert

  Revenge, Justice, Pendulums

  Frank Herbert (2002). “The Dosadi Experiment”, p.1, Macmillan

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• Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity.

  Frank Herbert

  Children, Educational, Dull

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.109, Penguin

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• Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.

  Frank Herbert

  Survival, Needs, Playing Chess

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• Madness in method, that's genius

  Frank Herbert

  Genius, Madness, Method

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.376, Penguin

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• You do not take from this universe. It grants you what it will.

  Frank Herbert

  Grants, Universe

  "Dune: The Gateway Collection". Book by Frank Herbert, 2012.

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• What you cannot control, you must accept.

  Frank Herbert

  Accepting

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Heretics of Dune”, p.78, Penguin

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• There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.

  Frank Herbert

  Secret, Balance, Wave

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• If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

  Frank Herbert

  Wise, Thinking, Government

  Frank Herbert (2017). “The Dosadi Experiment and The Eyes of Heisenberg: Two Classic Works of Science Fiction”, p.107, Tor Science Fiction

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• Words themselves were the ultimate barrier to revelation.

  Frank Herbert

  Revelations, Barriers, Ultimate

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Heretics of Dune”, p.207, Penguin

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• FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.

  Frank Herbert

  Fear, Fantasy Novels, Scary

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.203, Penguin

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• Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he or she is in. That person must reflect what is projected upon him or her.

  Frank Herbert

  Greatness, Imagination, Feelings

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• Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded.

  Frank Herbert

  Children, Revenge, Retarded

  Frank Herbert (1986). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, Berkley Trade

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• Science fiction, because it ventures into no man's lands, tends to meet some of the requirements posed by Jung in his explorations of archetypes, myth structures and self-understanding. It may be that the primary attraction of science fiction is that it helps us understand what it means to be human.

  Frank Herbert

  Mean, Men, Self

  "Men on other planets" in "The Craft of Science Fiction" edited by Reginald Bretnor, 1976.

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

  Frank Herbert

  Teaching, Past, History

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.10, Penguin

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• You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.

  Frank Herbert

  Funny Love, Giving, Joy

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.272, Penguin

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• Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit.

  Frank Herbert

  Law, Drug Prohibition

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.113, Penguin

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• The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.

  Frank Herbert

  Strong, Moving, Greatness

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.116, Penguin

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• Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous precision?

  Frank Herbert

  Precision, Repeats, Monotonous

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.160, Penguin

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• There is only one true wealth in all the universe. I have given you some of it. I have given your father and your mate some of it. And your friends. This wealth is living time.

  Frank Herbert

  Wealth, True Wealth, Universe

  "The Green Brain".

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• When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's to late.

  Frank Herbert

  Believe, Men, Doe

  Frank Herbert (1999). “Dune”, Ace Hardcover

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• Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who so survive.

  Frank Herbert

  Numbers, Space, Molecules

  Frank Herbert (2011). “Dune Messiah: The Second Dune Novel”, p.141, Hachette UK

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• Mankind has only one science… its the science of discontent.

  Frank Herbert

  Mankind, Discontent

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• Justice? Who asks for justice? We make our own justice ... Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them.

  Frank Herbert

  Long, Justice, Use

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Heretics of Dune”, p.421, Penguin

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• What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.

  Frank Herbert

  Book, People, Needs

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

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• A leader is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a people reverts to a mob.

  Frank Herbert

  People, Leader, Levels

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.256, Penguin

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