Paul Atreides

"The capacity to learn is everything."

"Cruelty has a natural end; it destroys itself."

"The future belongs to those who can imagine it before others do."

"A man is defined by the quality of his enemies"

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time"

"I must not fear. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration"

"To know the future absolutely is to be trapped by it as surely as in any prison"

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

"The sleeper wakes to a desert of his own making"

"I am the son of a Duke—this is my sword"

"The future is a thing of infinite complexity"

"My dreams are not my own"

"To walk the golden path is to accept responsibility"

"The universe bends toward those with will"

"I must not fear. Fear is the path to the dark side."

"I am the storm."

"No one can see the future."

"My father was a Duke."

"Do we live for ourselves alone?"

"Caladan was always calm and peaceful."

"My name is a killing word."

"I will not fear my fears."

"My destiny is my own."

"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."

"To live is to make a choice between alternatives."

"What senses do we lack that we cannot see another world all around us?"

"The test of a leader is not the absence of cruelty, but the recognition of when it is necessary."

"A dream that becomes shared is called prophecy."

"I must not fear. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration"

"He who can destroy a thing controls all things"