Frank Herbert, Dune Quotes
Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?
What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.
The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen" -- which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.
Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.
You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening.
Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!
Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error.
You must teach me the way you thrust your worries aside and turn to practical matters.
What was it St. Augustine said? "The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.
Nothing wins more loyalty for a leader than an air of bravura, " the Duke said. "I, therefore, cultivate an air of bravura.
I have said: "Blow out the lamp! Day is here!" And you keep saying: "Give me a lamp so I can find the day.
As long as my Duke remains unmarried some of the Great Houses can still hope for alliance.
Use the first moments in study. You may miss many an opportunity for quick victory in this way, but the moment the study are in insurance of success. Take your time and be sure.
Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. Something cannot emerge from nothing.
We will not run, " Paul said. "We'll move with dignity. We'll do what must be done.
Do you wrestle with dreams? Do you contend with shadows? Do you move in a kind of sleep? Time has slipped away. Your life is stolen. You tarried with trifles, Victim of your folly.
No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero
The price we paid was the price men have always paid for achieving a paradise in this life--we went soft, we lost our edge.
He straightened, assuming an odd attitude of dignity – as though it were another mask.
Mood’s a thing for cattle or for making love. You fight when the necessity arises, no matter your mood.
How would we flood village and city with our information? The people must learn how well I govern them. How would they know if we didn't tell them?
And loyalty is a valued commodity. It can be sold . . . not bought, but sold.
You do not beg the sun for mercy.-Maud'dib's Travail from The Stilgar Commentary
Wild Fremen said it well: "Four things cannot be hidden -- love, smoke, a pillar of fire and a man striding across the open bled.
Give as few orders as possible, " his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject.
On Caladan, we ruled with sea and air power, " the Duke said. "Here, we must scrabble for desert power. This is your inheritance, Paul.
Deceit is a tool of statecraft, " Irulan agreed."There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover, " Paul said.
There are proven ways to win the loyalty of tough, strong, ferocious men: play on the certain knowledge of their superiority, the mystique of secret covenant, the esprit of shared suffering.