Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance.
Frank HerbertLaw of the Minimum: "The worst potential competition for any organism can come from its own kind. The species consumes necessities. Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount. The least favourable condition controls the rate of growth."
Frank HerbertThe vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.
Frank HerbertEducational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity. The young must be dampened down. Never let them know how good they can be. That brings change. Spend lots of committee time talking about how to deal with exceptional students. Don't spend any time dealing with how the conventional teacher feels threatened by emerging talents and squelches them because of a deep-seated desire to feel superior and safe in a safe environment.
Frank Herbert