One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.

If you focus your awareness only upon your own rightness, then you invite the forces of opposition to overwhelm you.

The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

But one learns from books and reels only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.

I come only to ask a simple question. Is Muad'Dib's death to be followed by the moral suicide of all men? Is that the inevitable aftermath of a Messiah?

To exist is to stand out, away from the background, " The Preacher said. "You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgment of your existence.

You need to live a life of service to make your life an effective one

Great people have great values and great ethics.

I smile every time I hear that I'm a fan favorite or a teenage hottie. It is a nice compliment, and the remarks from the fans are great.

There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great many people, we do not think he can be an exceptionally good man.

God clarifies in the midst of obedience, not beforehand.

There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.

True allegiance is only given willingly.

Sometimes we drop in and do an acoustic set somewhere, and that's really fun to take all these insanely loud songs, and to do them quiet. It's really a sight to see... or to hear!

The more precisely I can drive, the more I enjoy myself.

His voice carried authority the way Ben & Jerry's carries calories.