The Jesus Incident Quotes

“Inflection is the adjective of language. It carries the subtleties of delight and horror, the essence of culture and social process.”
― Frank Herbert, The Jesus Incident

“A good bureaucracy is the best tool of oppression ever invented.”
― Frank Herbert, The Jesus Incident

“Myths are not fiction, but history seen with a poet's eyes and recounted in a poet's terms.”
― Frank Herbert, The Jesus Incident

“Hittite law emphasized restitution rather than revenge. Humankind lost a certain useful practicality when it chose the other Semitic response—never to forgive and never to forget.”
― Frank Herbert, The Jesus Incident

“Even the seemingly immortal gods survive only as long as they are required by mortal men.”
― Frank Herbert, The Jesus Incident

“Doesn’t take much sense to know you shouldn’t live in a place if you have to carry a gun.”
― Frank Herbert, The Jesus Incident

“The mystery of consciousness? Erroneous data—significant results.”
― Frank Herbert, The Jesus Incident

“SHIP: I have taught you about the classical Pandora and her box.
PANILLE: I know how this planet got its name.
SHIP: Where would you hide when the serpents and shadows oozed out of the box?
PANILLE: Under the lid, of course.”
― Frank Herbert, The Jesus Incident

“Ignoring that which is false is also a knowing. Thus—learning. To learn is to grow and to grow is to live. You may practice forgetting and thus learn.”
― Frank Herbert, The Jesus Incident