There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.
Frank HerbertThere are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover.
Frank HerbertSympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most perilous are the unconscious sympathies directing you to preserve your enemy intact because the enemy is your justification for existence.
Frank HerbertI'm the well-trained fruit tree. Full of well-trained feelings and abilities and all of them grafted onto me
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