Growth is limited by the necessity which is present in the least amount. And naturally, the least favorable condition controls the growth rate

Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.

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.

Fear is the mind-killer.

Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?

He who controls the spice controls the universe.

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.

My view is that if your philosophy is not unsettled daily then you are blind to all the universe has to offer.

Maybe because I knew Haze and Kate so well by then the passage leapt out at me, clear and sharp as di

I had no preconceived idea what fame would be like, because I never thought I would be famous. I just wanted to do my work. Hell, I just wanted to pay my rent on time.

- the only difference between a happy ending and a sad ending is where you decide the story ends.

There is a certain swagger with vampires.

There's kind of this real social pressure to not argue about things.

Well, there are some things a man just can't run away from.

No family of an American hostage has ever been prosecuted for paying a ransom for the return of their loved ones. The last thing we should ever do is to add to a family's pain.

Love is the root; obedience is the fruit.

Do not delegate an assignment and then attempt to manage it yourself - you will make an enemy of the overruled subordinate.