Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen" -- which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.

Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how destructive this can be, how it imposes severe limits on variability and thus makes whole populations fatally vulnerable to the shocking ways our universe can throw the dice.

The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these power structures tend to be taken over by people who are corruptible. I don't think that the old saw about 'power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely' is accurate: I think power attracts the corruptible.

It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

War is behavior with roots in the single cell of the primeval seas. Eat whatever you touch or it will eat you.

A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful.