Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.
Frank Herbert... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.
Frank HerbertThe basic lesson of our relativistic universe is that things change. Any power must always meet a greater power.
Frank HerbertI must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Frank HerbertDemagogues are so easy to identify. They gesture a lot and speak with pulpit rhythms, using words that ring of religious fervour and god-fearing sincerity. Sincerity with nothing behind it takes so much practice. The practice can always be detected. Repetition. Great attempts to keep your attention on words.
Frank Herbert