If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

Quote by Frank Herbert

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Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or...

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or...

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total...

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total...

To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably...

To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably...

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of...

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of...

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light...

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light...

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

If you believe yourself sufficiently hungry, you will eat your own thoughts

If you believe yourself sufficiently hungry, you will eat your own thoughts

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a...

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a...

One of the best things to come out of the home computer revolution could be...

One of the best things to come out of the home computer revolution could be...

There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have...

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have...

I cry for those not yet dead.

I cry for those not yet dead.

The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.

The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or...

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or...

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst...

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability,...

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to...

The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to...

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The...

PUSH, n. One of the two things mainly conducive to success, especially in politics. The...