# Quote — Frank Herbert, Dune

> A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.

- Author: [Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md)
- Book: [Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune.md)
- Other languages: [pl](https://www.zielonecytaty.pl/frank-herbert/diuna/nie-mozna-zrozumiec)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/dune/a-process-cannot

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> The future, the past and the present are intertwined, a weave that forms any point in time.

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> Science, under the guise of benefiting mankind, is a dangerous force that often tampers with natural processes, without recognizing the consequences. Under such a scenario, mass destruction is inevitable.

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