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The agnostic ruling class for whom religion was a kind of puppet show to amuse the polpulace and keep it docile, and who believed essentially that all phenomena — even religious phenomena — could be reduced to mechanical explanations.
— Frank Herbert
they were non-thinkers, attaching themselves to any fancied power for the identity which this gave them. Without a reflection from her they were empty. Thus, they were dangerous.
— Frank Herbert
Paul hesitated. There'd been no dwarf in the vision, but all else remained identical.
— Frank Herbert
Oh, I don't imply that I've made my father's mistake and peered into the future with a glass of spice.
— Frank Herbert
So I quoted the First Law of Mentat at her: 'A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.' That seemed to satisfy her.
— Frank Herbert
Do not let friars enter your wine cellars for fear they will bless every barrel and change the wine into blood.
— John Wycliffe
Tell your sister I'm all right," Mrs Whatsit said to Charles. "Tell her my intentions are good." "The road to hell is paved with good intentions," Charles intoned.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I am a mere unicorn. Gaudior dropped his silver lashes modestly.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Questions, questions."Gaudior stomped one silver hoof. "I am not some kind of computer. Only machines have glib answers for everything.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
— Malcolm X
Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.
— Joseph Campbell
The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.
— Andrew Carnegie