Quotes from Frank Herbert, Dune

Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error.

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?

Use the first moments in study. You may miss many an opportunity for quick victory in this way, but the moment the study are in insurance of success. Take your time and be sure.

The Atreides are known to start late getting there growth.

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

A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful.

But it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish.

Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!

Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.

Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.

Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.

Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.

He who controls the spice controls the universe.

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

They compose poems to their knives.

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

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.

Absolute power is the power to destroy.

All governments eventually lean further and further towards aristocracy.

Blood is thicker than water, but politics are thicker than blood.

Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaces by vague ritual.

Humans live best when each has a place to stand, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things and what he may achieve. Destroy the place and you destroy the person.

Humans live best when each has his place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person.

Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.