If you focus your awareness only upon your own rightness, then you invite the forces of opposition to overwhelm you.
Frank HerbertA beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.
Frank HerbertTime is a measure of space, just as a range-finder is a measure of space, but measuring locks us into the place we measure.
Frank HerbertThe 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.
Frank Herbert