Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions

"Men thirst for hidden knowledge when they lack it."

"Great discoveries make you feel smaller, not larger."

"The unforgiving desert teaches harsh lessons."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"Some are born to lead, others are shaped by circumstance."

"Survival instinct is stronger than any training."

"The law protects the innocent and punishes the guilty."

"To understand your enemy is to be half-defeated."

"The greatest beauty lies in the starkness of truth."

"One must cultivate patience as one cultivates spice."

"All things return to the desert in the end."

"Imagination is the birthplace of all revolutions."

"The universe has a way of humbling those who think themselves invincible."

"Among humans, there are those who look forward and those who look back. The species survives because of those who look forward."

"In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance."

"In any group of humans, there are leaders and followers. The leaders create the possibilities."

"There are patterns in history. The wise learn them. The foolish ignore them."

"No design, however well designed, can ever prevent a man from falling."

"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."

"He who controls the spice controls the universe."

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

"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill."

"The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism."

"The universe runs on Profit."

"The great man doesn't seek to lead, he is called to it."

"Questions are a burden to others, answers a prison for oneself."

"The test of any mind is whether it can accept a new idea."

"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."

"The human animal is a strange thing."

"Truth is a matter of perspective."