Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.
Frank HerbertThe person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.
Frank HerbertAtrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity.
Frank HerbertRemember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.
Frank Herbert