There has never been a truly selfless rebel, just hypocrites—conscious hypocrites or unconscious hypocrites, it’s all the same.
There are illusions of popular history which a successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; v...
The voice of a rebeck echoed from somewhere behind him. The music echoed and echoed until it entered his head, still echoing. It suffused his body and he felt himself to be large, very large, not a ch...
The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.
The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it.
The old woman was a witch shadow—hair like matted spiderwebs, hooded ’round darkness of features, eyes like glittering jewels.
The more I find out, the more I realize that I don't know what's going on.How fortunate that you have discovered the way of wisdom, Leto said.
The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.
That is the beginning of knowledge—the discovery of something we do not understand. Before
Some never participate. Life happens to them. They get by on little more than dumb persistence and resist with anger or violence all things that might lift them out of resentment-filled illusions of s...
Some lies are easier to believe than the truth.
Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.
She asked me to tell her what it is to rule, Paul said. And I said that one commands. And she said I had some unlearning to do. She hit a mark there right enough, Hawat thought. He nodded for Paul to...
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. —The Coda
Remember your philosopher’s doubts, Miles. Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.
Radicals are only to be feared when you try to suppress them. You must demonstrate that you will use the best of what they offer.
Questions are my enemies. For my questions explode!
Power and fear, he said. The tools of statecraft.
Piter: Ah-ah, Baron! Is it not regrettable you were unable to devise this delicious scheme by yourself?Baron: Someday I will have you strangled, Piter.Piter: Of a certainty, Baron. Enfin! But a kind a...
People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.