Frank Herbert citáty

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„Nesmíme podléhat strachu. Strach je psychická smrt. Nechte strach projít jako bouři okolo Vás. Bude pryč, zůstanete jen Vy.“

„Kdo neumí odpouštět, boří most, který sám bude muset přejít, neboť každý člověk potřebuje odpuštění.“

„Nesmím se bát. Strach zabíjí myšlení. Strach je malá smrt přinášející naprosté vyhlazení. Budu svému strachu čelit. Dovolím mu, aby prošel kolem mne a skrze mne. A až projde a zmizí, otočím se a podívám se, kudy šel. Tam, kam strach odešel, nic nezůstane. Zůstanu pouze já.“

„Přijatelnost hodnot závisí vždy na jejich úspěchu. Každý, kdo se snaží dosáhnout falešné vyváženosti, destabilizuje společnost. Rozsudky musejí být váženy jen z toho hlediska, jaký mají význam pro udržení spořádané společnosti. Nesčetné dávné civilizace ztroskotaly právě na útesech spravedlnosti pro všechny. Taková pošetilost ničí přirozenou hierarchii, která je mnohem důležitější. Každý jedinec nabývá na významu jen ve vztahu k celé společnosti. Když společnost nebude uspořádána v logických krocích, nikdo v ní nemůže najít své místo - ani ten nejnižší, ani ten nejvyšší.“

„Je těžké žít v současnosti, nesmyslné žít v budoucnosti a nemožné žít v minulosti.“

„Současnost je rozptýlení, budoucnost je sen, jen paměť může odhalit význym života.“

„Uctívání znamená z devadesáti procent strach. Během času se promění v strach všechno.“

„Nevinní nevěří ve zlo.“

„Trpělivost je nejlepším přítelem člověka.“

„Technologie je nástrojem pro pomoc lidem i pro jejich zničení. To je paradox naší doby, kterému jsme nuceni čelit.“

“If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!”

“Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.”

“The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.”

“What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking-there’s the real danger.”

“The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer.”

“Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!”

“What does a mirror look at?”

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”

“Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.”

“Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place.”

“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.”

“One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.”

“When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.”

“A killer with the manners of a rabbit - this is the most dangerous kind.”

“To know a thing well, know it's limits; Only when pushed beyond it's tolerance will it's true nature be seen.
-The Amtal Rule”

“How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.”

“We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.”

“Here lies a toppled god.
His fall was not a small one.
We did but build his pedestal,
A narrow and a tall one.”

“But it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish.”

“Face your fears or they will climb over your back.”

“Bless the Maker and His water.
Bless the coming and going of Him.
May His passage cleanse the world.
May He keep the world for His people.”

“Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.”

“You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.”

“You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening.”

“A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.”

“This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.”

“Law is the ultimate science.”

“There's hope left in these dusty chords. There's a song left in our rusty hearts. We are torn and frayed but love remains.”

“There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.”