Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune, #6)

by Frank Herbert

“If you convince yourself, sincerely, you can speak utter balderdash

All governments needed to remain under suspicion during their time of power

Nothing more susceptible to emotional heat than religion.

The oppressed will have their day and heaven help the oppressor when that day comes.

Some never participate. Life happens to them. They get by on little more than dumb persistence and resist with anger or violence all things that might lift them out of resentment-filled illusions of security.

Be aware of what you do unconsciously. Always ask: ‘When I did that, what was I trying to gain?’”

Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible.

disgust at repetition of war’s nonsense,

There’s no secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.