For Now Is My Grief Heavier Than

Bureaucracy Destroys Initiative. There Is Little That Bureaucrats Hate More Than Innovation, Especially Innovation That Produces Better Results Than The Old Routines. Improvements Always Make Those At The Top Of The Heap Look Inept. Who Enjoys Appearing Inept?

We’ve Lost Something Vital, I Tell You. When We Lost It, We Lost The Ability To Make Good Decisions. We Fall Upon Decisions These Days The Way We Fall Upon An Enemy—or Wait And Wait, Which Is A Form Of Giving Up, And We Allow The Decisions Of Others To Move Us. Have We Forgotten That We Were The Ones Who Set This Current Flowing?

When I Was Writing Dune There Was No Room In My Mind For Concerns About The Book's Success Or Failure. I Was Concerned Only With The Writing. Six Years Of Research Had Preceded The Day I Sat Down To Put The Story Together, And The Interweaving Of The Many Plot Layers I Had Planned Required A Degree Of Concentration I Had Never Before Experienced.

The Mystery Of Life Isn't A Problem To Solve, But A Reality To Experience.

It Is A Wise Man That Does Know The Contented Man Is Never Poor, Whilst The Discontented Man Is Never Rich.