But one learns from books and reels only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things. - Frank Herbert

They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence.

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 of it mingled with shreds of enlightenment. And always the ultimate unspoken commandment is ‘Thou shalt not question!

One must always keep the tools of statecraft sharp and ready. Power and fear – sharp and ready.