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101 " We open windows, Bell, and let in common sense. Even hilarity. Puts more serious matters in perspective. "
― Frank Herbert , Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune, #6)
102 " action is illusory. Like appointing a committee to study a problem. The more people on the committee, the more preconceptions applied to the problem. "
103 " 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. "
104 " logic is good for playing pyramid chess but often too slow for needs of survival. "
105 " 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. —DARWI ODRADE "
106 " Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history. "
107 " Laws are dangerous to everyone—innocent and guilty alike. No matter whether you believe yourself powerful or helpless. They have no human understanding in and of themselves "
108 " Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not known, Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary. "
109 " That was the Bene Gesserit view of history, ancient Santayana’s words resonating in their lives: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. "
110 " All governments needed to remain under suspicion during their time of power "
111 " So you know how to make a democracy do whatever you want.” A gloating expression. “The technique is quite subtle but easy. You create a system where most people are dissatisfied, vaguely or deeply. "
112 " Power attracts the corruptible. "
113 " They were permitted their illusions. What a comfort. You could pretend your life was forever, that tomorrow would be better, that the gods in their heavens watched you with care. "
114 " A top-heavy bureaucracy the electorate cannot touch always expands to the system’s limits of energy. Steal it from the aged, from the retired, from anyone. Especially from those we once called middle class because that’s where most of the energy originates. "
115 " We’re like a damned old married couple. Funny stories in the middle of the night. "
116 " Etrafta duyacak kimse yokken ormanda bir ağaç devrilse yine de ses çıkar mı? "