The tapestry of the universe is vast and complex, with infinite patterns. While threads of tragedy may form the primary weave, humanity with its undaunted optimism still manages to embroider small des...
Some say it is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven. That is a defeatist attitude. I intend to rule everywhere, not just in Hell.- General Agamemnon
So I have failed you? Not at all. Your human frailties are not your fault.
It is said that there is nothing firm, nothing balanced, nothing durable in all the universe -- that nothing remains in its original state, that each day, each hour, each moment, there is change.
It is easy to look backward and cast blame on others, but more difficult to gaze ahead and take responsibility for your own decisions and your own future. —GRIFFIN HARKONNEN, final dispatch from Arrak...
I intend to create a new work of art, all my own. A still life, of sorts. You three will be vital parts of the process. Rejoice in your good fortune. In the sterile environment of the laboratory, with...
Every hammer has the innate capacity to strike a nail. Every human mind has the innate capacity for greatness. But not every hammer is properly used, nor is every human mind.
Absolute rules are for unthinking people. Sheep require fences—humans do not.
A man may fight the greatest enemy, take the longest journey, survive the most grievous wound -- and still be helpless in the hands of the woman he loves.
The Baron felt cold inside, certain that even the most careful manipulations would not stand up to the close scrutiny of these demonic auditors.
When we try to conceal our innermost drives, our entire being screams betrayal.
We are animals, yet are expected to be so much more. Although honor requires us to make altruistic decisions, even acting for the benefit of other people keeps coming back to self-interest, no matter...
The simplest solution is an immediate cessation of all hostilities between you and the League of Nobles, Vidad said to Omnius. You keep your Synchronized Worlds, and the free humans keep their League...
The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.
Some people consider facts to be dangerous things that must be locked away and carefully guarded. But I consider mysteries a far greater threat. We should seek answers wherever possible, regardless of...
Serena grew angry. How could that representative worry about petty price tags, when the ultimate cost was so much higher? We will all pay—in blood—if we do not do this. We must strengthen the League a...
No one has yet determined the power of the human species . . . what it may perform by instinct, and what it may accomplish with rational determination.
Looking around, Ishmael noted that the humans in control here didn’t seem to care. Why is their religious fervor acceptable, while ours is a matter of scorn?
It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.
I will take their ridiculous peace and shove it down their cold metal throats.