To use raw power is to make yourself infinitely vulnerable to greater powers.
To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
They’d never known anything but victory which, Paul realized, could be a weakness in itself. He put that thought aside for later consideration in his own training program.
The one-eyed view of our universe says The one-eyed view of our universe says you must not look far afield for problems. Such problems may never arrive. Instead, tend to the wolf within your fences. T...
The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at...
The eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever.
The difference between a good administrator and a bad one is about five heartbeats. Good administrators make immediate choices. […] They usually can be made to work. A bad administrator, on the other...
The Harkonnens discouraged investigation of the spice, didn’t they?
The Golden Path demands it. And what is the Golden Path? you ask. It is the survival of humankind, nothing more nor less. We
Something compelling and attractive surrounded walking anonymously at night in the streets of Arrakeen.
Shield! the old woman snapped. You well know the weakness there! Shield your son too much, Jessica, and he’ll not grow strong enough to fulfill any destiny.
QUESTION: Who governs the governors?ANSWER: Entropy.
Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They’re a kind of job insurance.
Paul sensed his own tensions, decided to practice one of the mind-body lessons his mother had taught him. Three quick breaths triggered the responses: he fell into the floating awareness ... focusing...
Now, motivational patterns are going to be similar among all espionage agents. That is to say: there will be certain types of motivation that are similar despite differing schools or opposed aims. You...
Laws tend to be temporary over the long haul, Moneo. There is no such thing as rule-governed creativity.
It's very difficult convincing the young of anything. They're born knowing so much.
It was mostly sweet, he whispered, and you were the sweetest of all.
It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.