“ A winner has more skills than a loser, Vor said, no matter how you define the competition. Brian Herbert
“ The narrow mind erects stubborn barriers, her mother had once told her. But against those barriers, words are formidable weapons. Brian Herbert
“ Raped reason. He implanted in the dominant schools of philosophy the attractive belief that there can be discrete separation between mind and body. This led quite naturally to corollary delusions such… Brian Herbert
“ The tough philosophy of Ginaz taught that there were no accidents, no excuses for failure. Every event was the result of a sequence of actions. Intentions were irrelevant to actual outcomes. Brian Herbert
“ In 'Sidney's Comet,' thanks to all the consumerism, all the garbage had to be put in deep space, even though we're not supposed to litter the cosmos - that was an environmental message. Although it wa… Brian Herbert
“ Arrakis is ours because we have taken it, Selim announced. We have learned to survive under the harshest circumstances, without depending upon the benevolence of strangers or trade with offworld intru… Brian Herbert
“ Vor laughed, proud of his place here. He quoted what he’d been taught all his life. I am the pinnacle of humanity—a trustee of Omnius, the son of General Agamemnon. Brian Herbert
“ Discovery is dangerous . . . but so is life. A man unwilling to take risk is doomed never to learn, never to grow, never to live. Brian Herbert
“ All life is a series of seemingly insignificant tasks and decisions, culminating in the definition of an individual and her purpose in life. Brian Herbert
“ The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice. Brian Herbert
“ The robot responded with surprising sarcasm. I am aware of the various bodily orifices humans possess. Therefore, I invite you to take a power tool and insert it where the— Brian Herbert
“ The only guarantee in life is death, and the only guarantee in death is its shocking unpredictability. Brian Herbert
“ Poritrin nobles professed to follow gentle, bucolic Navachristianity, but their core beliefs did not extend to their daily lives. They had their festivals, and embraced religious trappings, but the Po… Brian Herbert
“ Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child. Religion is the encystment of past beliefs: mythology, which is guesswork, the hidden assumptions of trust in the universe, those pronouncements wh… Brian Herbert
