Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They recreate the p
ast, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus, they change the futu
re as well.
-Leto II, His Voice, from Dar-es-Balat
Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They recreate the p
ast, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus, they change the futu
re as well.
-Leto II, His Voice, from Dar-es-Balat
Explosions are also compressions of time. Observable changes in the natural u
niverse all are explosive to some degree and from some point of view; otherwis
e you would not notice them. Smooth Continuity of change, if slowed sufficien
tly, goes without notice by observers whose time/attention span is too short.
Thus, I tell you, I have seen changes you would never have marked.
-Leto II
It is your fate, forgetfulness. All of the old lessons of life, you lose and
gain and lose and gain again.
-Leto II, the Voice of Dar-es-Balat
Liberty and Freedom are complex concepts. They go back to religious ideas of
Free Will and are related to the Ruler Mystique implicit in absolute monarchs.
Without absolute monarchs patterned after the Old Gods and ruling by the gra
ce of a belief in religious indulgence, Liberty and Freedom would never have g
ained their present meaning. These ideals owe their very existence to past ex
amples of oppression. And the forces that maintain such ideas will erode unle
ss renewed by dramatic teaching or new oppressions. This is the most basic ke
y to my life.
-Leto II, God Emperor of Dune: Dar-es-Balat Records
When I set out to lead humanity along my Golden Path I promised a lesson their
bones would remember. I know a profound pattern humans deny with words even
while their actions affirm it. They say they seek security and quiet,
conditions they call peace. Even as they speak, they create seeds of turmoil
and violence.
-Leto II, the God Emperor
Nothing surpasses the complexity of the human mind.
-Leto II: Dar-es-Balat Records