When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.
When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles
What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce ... Men must want to do things of their own innermost drives. People, not commercial orga...
What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.
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.
Time could be made to serve the mind.
There’s no mystery about a human life. It’s not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.
My Uncle Malky always said the Lord Leto never responded to prayer. He said the Lord Leto looked on prayer as attempted coercion, a form of violence against the chosen god, telling the immortal what t...
Moral decisions are always easy to recognize, Odrade said. They are where you abandon self-interest.
Maud’Dib could indeed, see the Future, but you must understand the limits of this power. Think of sight. You have eyes, yet cannot see without light. If you are on the floor of a valley, you cannot se...
It is not always the majestic concerns of Imperial ministers which dictate the course of history, nor is it necessarily the pontifications of priests which move the hands of God.
I never could bring myself to trust a traitor, the Baron said. Not even a traitor I created.
Fortune passes everywhere.
A sing-song of shouts filled the air as the merchants tried to attract buyers. Their voices had that end of the workday lift - a false brilliance composed of the hope that old dreams would be fulfille...
The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.' And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning, 'That path leads ever down into st...
Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
You can’t buy security
When I am Weaker Thn You, I ask you for Freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am Stronger than you, I take away your Freedom Because that is according to my principles.
Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!
To know a thing well, know its limits. Only when pushed beyond its tolerances will true nature be seen. — The Amtal Rule