Dune Chronicles 04. God Emperor of Dune

It is said that there is a principle of conflict which originated with the single cell and has never deteriorated.

As you well know, the secret of community lies in suppression of the incompatible.

But the truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.

Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.

Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.

You should never be in the company of anyone with whom you would not want to die.

Most civilization is based on cowardice. It’s so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame.

The undeserving maintain power by promoting hysteria,

If consequences were lost or concealed, lessons were lost.

your liberties all vanish when you look up to any absolute ruler.