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House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2) QUOTES

House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2) QUOTES

1 " The universe is our picture. Only the immature imagine the cosmos to be what
they think it is. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

2 " Discovery is dangerous . . . but so is life. A man unwilling to take risk is
doomed never to learn, never to grow, never to live. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

3 " We create our own future by our own beliefs, which control our actions. A
strong enough belief system, a sufficiently powerful conviction, can make
anything happen. This is how we create our consensus reality, including our
gods. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

4 " If you surrender, you have already lost. If you refuse to give up, though, no
matter the odds against you, at least you have succeeded in trying. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

5 " No one has yet determined the power of the human species . . . what it may
perform by instinct, and what it may accomplish with rational determination. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

6 " The Universe operates on a basic principle of economics: everything has its
cost. We pay to create our future, we pay for the mistakes of the past. We
pay for every change we make . . . and we pay just as dearly if we refuse to
change. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

7 " How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

8 " Look inside yourself and you can see the universe. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

9 " Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child. Religion is the encystment of past beliefs: mythology, which is guesswork, the hidden assumptions of trust in the universe, those pronouncements which men have made in search of personal power . . . all mingled with shreds of enlightenment. And always the ultimate unspoken commandment is "Thou shalt not question!" But we do anyway. We break that commandment as a matter of course. The work to which we have set ourselves is the liberating of the imagination, the harnessing of imagination to humankind's deepest sense of creativity. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

10 " Let the future remain uncertain, for that is the canvas to receive our desires. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

11 " There is no reality -- only our own order imposed on everything. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

12 " Freedom is an elusive concept. Some men hold themselves prisoner even when they have the power to do as they please and go where they choose, while others are free in their hearts, even as shackles restrain them. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

13 " You carve wounds upon my flesh and write there in salt! "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

14 " Though death will cancel it, life in this world is a glorious thing. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

15 " The Unknown surrounds us at any given moment. That is where we seek knowledge. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

16 " We are indeed miserable, my friends, but we don’t have to be dismal about it. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

17 " Quite a body count around here today, Fenring mused. And I didn't kill any of them. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

18 " Looking closely at de Vries, he added, 'You are a very ugly man, Piter. Even with my disease, I'm still prettier than you. "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

19 " Discovery is dangerous . . . but so is life. A man unwilling to take risks is doomed never to learn, never to grow, never to live. —Planetologist Pardot Kynes, An Arrakis Primer, written for his son Liet "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)

20 " Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence. —Caedmon Erb, Politics and Reality "

― Brian Herbert , House Harkonnen (Prelude to Dune #2)