The Second Great Dune Trilogy Quotes

“Not addressing immediate needs is an offence to the young.”
― Frank Herbert, The Second Great Dune Trilogy: God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapter House Dune

“Scratch a conservative and you find someone who prefers the past over any future. Scratch a liberal and find a closet aristocrat. It’s true! Liberal governments always develop into aristocracies. The bureaucracies betray the true intent of people who form such governments. Right from the first, the little people who formed the governments which promised to equalize the social burdens found themselves suddenly in the hands of bureaucratic aristocracies. Of course, all bureaucracies follow this pattern, but what a hypocrisy to find this even under a communized banner.”
― Frank Herbert, The Second Great Dune Trilogy: God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapter House Dune

“Religion (emulation of adults by the child) encysts past mythologies: guesses, hidden assumptions of trust in the universe, pronouncements people made in search of personal power, all mingled with shreds of enlightenment. And always an unspoken commandment: Thou shall not question! We break that commandment daily. Our work is the harnessing of human imagination to our deepest creativity. —Bene Gesserit Credo”
― Frank Herbert, The Second Great Dune Trilogy: God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapter House Dune