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61 " Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. This is the danger of entrenched bureaucracy to its subject population. "
― Frank Herbert , Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune, #6)
62 " Self-awareness: facing mirrors that pass through the universe, gathering new images on the way—endlessly reflexive. The infinite seen as finite, the analogue of consciousness carrying the sensed bits of infinity. "
63 " When I set out to lead humanity along my Golden Path I promised a lesson their bones would remember. I know a profound pattern humans deny with words even while their actions affirm it. They say they seek security and quiet, conditions they call peace. Even as they speak, they create seeds of turmoil and violence. "
64 " Major flaws in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen. "
65 " Idaho could hear the Tyrant in that judgment. If history had any repetitive patterns, here was one. A drumbeat of repetition. First, a Civil Service law masked in the lie that it was the only way to correct demagogic excesses and spoils systems. Then the accumulation of power in places voters could not touch. And finally, aristocracy. "
66 " Evidence! What is evidence except those things you are allowed to perceive? That’s what Law tries to control: carefully managed reality. "
67 " The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our ideas changed. We feel threatened by such demands. “I already know the important things!” we say. Then Changer comes and throws our old ideas away. —THE ZENSUFI MASTER "
68 " Conozco un esquema profundo que los humanos niegan con la palabra aunque lo afirmen con sus acciones. Dicen que buscan la seguridad y la tranquilidad, condiciones a las que dan el nombre de paz. Incluso mientras hablan, crean semillas de agitación y violencia. "
69 " They have no room to maneuver because that’s the way their superiors grow fat. If you don’t see the difference between regulation and law, both have the force of law. "
70 " Necessary rules and laws keep you from adapting. Inevitably, everything comes crashing down. It’s like bankers thinking they buy the future. ‘Power in my time! To hell with my descendants!’” “What are descendants doing for me? "
71 " Never follow a leader without asking your own questions. "
72 " Isn’t it odd, Dama . . .” No reaction; continue. “...how rebels all too soon fall into old patterns if they are victorious? It’s not so much a pitfall in the path of all governments as it is a delusion waiting for anyone who gains power.” “Hah! And I thought you would tell me something new. We know that one: ‘Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.’” “Wrong, Dama. Something more subtle but far more pervasive: Power attracts the corruptible. "
73 " The best art imitates life in a compelling way. If it imitates a dream, it must be a dream of life. Otherwise, there is no place where we can connect. Our plugs don't fit. "
74 " Çünkü artık piyanoların olmayışına üzülüyorum bazen. Kusurluluktan kusursuzluk üretmek sanatın en yüce formudur sonuçta. "
75 " Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your own life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you can. Life is a game whose rules you learn if you leap into it and play it to the hilt. Otherwise, you are caught off balance, continually surprised by the shifting play. Non-players often whine and complain that luck always passes them by. They refuse to see that they can create some of their own luck. "
76 " Geçmişi hatırlayamayanlar onu tekrarlamaya makûmdur. "
77 " If history had any repetitive patterns, here was one. A drumbeat of repetition. First, a Civil Service law masked in the lie that it was the only way to correct demagogic excesses and spoils systems. Then the accumulation of power in places voters could not touch. And finally, aristocracy. "
78 " [...] los demagogos son fáciles de identificar. Hacen un montón de gestos y hablan con ritmos de púlpito utilizando palabras que resuenan a fervor religiosos y a sinceridad temerosa de Dios. "
79 " Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate "
80 " If you think you own something, that’s like walking on quicksand. "