Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune, #6)

by Frank Herbert

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms.”

Science must be innovative. It brings change. That’s why science and bureaucracy fight a constant war.”

the inevitable failure of slavery and peonage. You created a reservoir of hate. Implacable enemies.

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