Quotes about Consequences
SIN IS THE MONSTER we love to deny. It can stalk us, bite a slice out of our lives, return again and bite again, and even as we bleed and hobble, we prefer to believe nothing has happened. That makes sin the perfect monster, a man-eater that blinds and numbs its victims, convincing them that nothing is wrong and there is no need to flee, and then consumes them at its leisure.
— Frank Peretti
Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.
— Frank Herbert
Leaders made mistakes. And those mistakes, amplified by the numbers who followed without questioning, moved inevitably toward great disasters.
— Frank Herbert
Leaders made mistakes. And those mistakes, amplified by the numbers who followed without questioning, moved inevitably toward great disasters.
— Frank Herbert
There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengeance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences
— Frank Herbert
a man must permit his deeds and his words to agree. When your actions describe a system of evil consequences, you should be judged by those con sequences and not by your explanations.
— Frank Herbert
Whoever commits atrocity also commits those future atrocities thus bred.
— Frank Herbert
The trouble with some kinds of warfare (and be certain the Tyrant knew this, because it is implicit in his lesson) is that they destroy all moral decency in susceptible types. Warfare of these kinds will dump the destroyed survivors back into an innocent population that is incapable of even imagining what such returned soldiers might do. -Teachings of the Golden Path, Bene Gesserit Archives
— Frank Herbert
No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero.
— Frank Herbert
You had to pick and choose, discreetly animating the past. And was that not the purpose of consciousness, the very essence of being alive? Select from the past and match it against the present: Learn consequences.
— Frank Herbert
You cannot go on forever stealing what you need without regard to those who come after. The physical qualities of a planet are written into its economic and political record.
— Frank Herbert
The young generally are incapable of making hard decisions unless those decisions are associated with immediate violence and the consequent sharp flow of adrenalin
— Frank Herbert