In Politics, The Tripod Is He Most

If You Think Of Yourselves As Helpless And Ineffectual, It Is Certain That You Will Create A Despotic Government To Be Your Master. The Wise Despot, Therefore, Maintains Among His Subjects A Popular Sense That They Are Helpless And Ineffectual.

The Writing Of History Is Largely A Process Of Diversion. Most Historical Accounts Distract Attention From The Secret Influences Behind Great Events.

Demagogues Are So Easy To Identify. They Gesture A Lot And Speak With Pulpit Rhythms, Using Words That Ring Of Religious Fervour And God-fearing Sincerity. Sincerity With Nothing Behind It Takes So Much Practice. The Practice Can Always Be Detected. Repetition. Great Attempts To Keep Your Attention On Words.

Proper Teaching Is Recognized With Ease. You Can Know It Without Fail Because It Awakens Within You That Sensation Which Tells You This Is Something You Have Always Known.

Arrakis Teaches The Attitude Of The Knife - Chopping Off What's Incomplete And Saying: "now It's Complete Because It's Ended Here."