Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune, #6)

by Frank Herbert

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

I know a profound pattern humans deny with words even while their actions affirm it. They say they seek security and quiet, conditions they call peace. Even as they speak, they create seeds of turmoil and violence.

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted. —MISSIONARIA PROTECTIVA, TEXT QIV (DECTO)

The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events. —THE BASHAR TEG

“Your mind is not a computer; it is a response-tool keyed to whatever your senses display.”

Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all the legal professions of history have based their job security. —BENE GESSERIT CODA

“Here’s what I am. Take it or leave it.”

Power attracts the corruptible.

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

“Sometimes you make me feel ignorant, Mother Superior.” “Excellent! That’s beginning wisdom.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.