Frank Herbert, Dune Quotes

He uses the nice old words so rich in tradition to be sure I know he means it.

My son will wear the title well, the Duke thought, and realized with a sudden chill that this was another death thought.

It doesn't follow that the riots mean permanent hostility toward him.

Delay is as dangerous as the wrong answer.

I must rule with eye and claw — as the hawk among lesser birds. - Duke Leto Atreides

One must always keep the tools of statecraft sharp and ready. Power and fear – sharp and ready.

You have a nicety of awareness of the difference between a blade's edge and its tip.

The man without emotions is the one to fear.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.

The Fremen have a simple, practical religion, ” he said.“Nothing about religion is simple.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

They are not mad. They're trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power, " Tuek said. "You might find the line between life and death among the Fremen to be too sharp and quick.

The universe is full of doors.

To accept a little death is worse than death itself.

He felt the inability to grieve as a terrible flaw.

CHOAM is business and business follows profits.

Growth is limited by the necessity which is present in the least amount. And naturally, the least favorable condition controls the growth rate

Every man carries his own past with him, " Hayt said.

I am a leg of the death tripod that will destroy our foes.

They compose poems to their knives.

I don't speak, I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.

There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.

He's taking the change well?" She asked.Except for getting a bit overtired. He's excited, but what 15-year-old wouldn't be under these circumstances?

Life produces a different taste each time you take it.

He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to see the past in the future. Things persisted in not being what they seemed.

When we encounter personal problems, those things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan.

When strangers meet, great allowances should be made for differences in custom and training.

Don't sit with your back to any doors.