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• Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you.

  Frank Herbert

  Opposites, Longing

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.393, Penguin

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• Fear is the penalty of consciousness forced to stare at itself.

  Frank Herbert

  Consciousness, Penalties, Staring

  Frank Herbert (2002). “The Green Brain”, p.121, Macmillan

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• Emotions are the curse of logic.

  Frank Herbert

  Emotion, Logic, Curse

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• Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.

  Frank Herbert

  Mind, Machines, Humans

  Frank Herbert (2010). “Children Of Dune: The Third Dune Novel”, p.80, Hachette UK

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• Most of us choose our companions and surroundings to reflect ourselves.

  Frank Herbert

  Surroundings, Companion

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.155, Penguin

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• The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty. Leto II

  Frank Herbert

  Attention, Draws, Ultimate

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.213, Penguin

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• Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definitions.

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  Quality, Definitions, Creation

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.91, Penguin

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• Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

  Frank Herbert

  Chance, Madness, Surprise

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• To see eternity was to be exposed to eternity's whims, oppressed by endless dimensions.

  Frank Herbert

  Dimensions, Eternity, Endless

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.156, Penguin

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• Time can also be a place.... Everything depends on where you are standing, on where you look or what you hear. The measure of it is found in consciousness itself.

  Frank Herbert

  Time, Looks, Consciousness

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.210, Penguin

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• A human being can stand any amount of pain.

  Frank Herbert

  Pain, Humans, Human Beings

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• Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate.

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  Democracy, Scapegoat, Electorate

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.145, Penguin

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• Does a population have informed consent when a ruling minority acts in secret to ignite a war, doing this to justify the existence of the minority's forces? ... Failure to provide full information for informed consent on such an issue represents an ultimate crime.

  Frank Herbert

  War, Issues, Secret

  "The Dosadi Experiment" by Frank Herbert, (p. 246), 1977.

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• Dangers lurk in all systems. Systems incorporate the unexamined beliefs of their creators. Adopt a system, accept its beliefs, and you help strengthen the resistance to change

  Frank Herbert

  Resistance, Helping, Belief

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.308, Penguin

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• Time is a measure of space, just as a range-finder is a measure of space, but measuring locks us into the place we measure.

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  Time, Space, Locks

  Frank Herbert (1984). “Children of Dune”, Berkley

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• What greater gift is there than to demonstrate you need not fear death?

  Frank Herbert

  Death, Needs, Fear Of Death

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.395, Penguin

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• Unused power was like a marionette with visible strings, nobody holding them. A compelling attraction: I could make it dance.

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  Strings, Compelling, Visible

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.388, Penguin

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• Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing to the eye of God, that knowledge without action is empty. All men must see that the teaching of religion by rules and rote is largely a hoax. The proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you’ve always known.

  Frank Herbert

  Life, Attitude, Teaching

  Frank Herbert (2010). “Dune”, p.422, Hachette UK

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• The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.

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  Battle, Conflict, Wealth

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• In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.

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  Church, Holiness, Pope

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• I don't speak ... I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.

  Frank Herbert

  Machines, Language, Speak

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.145, Penguin

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• Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy

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  Answers, Thrive, Entropy

  Frank Herbert (2017). “The Dosadi Experiment and The Eyes of Heisenberg: Two Classic Works of Science Fiction”, p.123, Tor Science Fiction

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• Prophecy and prescience - How can they be put to the test in the face of unanswered questions? Consider: How much is actual prediction and how much is the prophet shaping the future to fit the prophecy? What are the harmonics inherent in the act of prophecy? Does the prophet see the future or does he see a line of weakness, a fault or cleavage that he may shatter with words or decisions as a diamond-cutter shatters his gem with a blow of the knife?

  Frank Herbert

  Blow, Knives, Decision

  "Dune: The Gateway Collection". Book by Frank Herbert, 2012.

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• The night is a tunnel ... a hole into tomorrow.

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  Night, Tunnels, Tomorrow

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• In politics, the tripod is he most unstable of all structures. It's be bad enough without the complication of a feudal trade culture which turns its back on most science.

  Frank Herbert

  Culture, Enough, Structure

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