Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal.

Retain a calm heart, sit like a turtle, walk swiftly like a pigeon, and sleep like a dog

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.

The heart that gives, gathers.

We can hold back neither the coming of the flowers nor the downward rush of the stream; sooner or later, everything comes to its fruition.

Faith is stronger than so-called reality.

A cook's job in my opinion is to be creative and push the boundaries of their cuisine and never stop experimenting.

The most direct and practical method of self-development is to achieve yourself by your own effort.

It is the energy projected by an individual's own mind which creates his experience.

If you try to change it, you will ruin it. Try to hold it, and you will lose it.

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?

Advice is always a confession.

I had a bad back for a couple of years. I had to do a lot of physiotherapy for it. What I couldn't understand at the time was why the therapists had me doing a lot of stomach work.

History isn’t something you study. It’s something you should just know.

I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.

Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened.

When searching for harmony in life one must never forget that in the drama of existence we are ourselves both actors and spectators.

If you gave me a fresh carnation, I would only crush its tender petals.

Live fully each day to the full . . .

It was between the ages of 14 and 20 and I started off not eating at all, maybe an apple a day.