Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions

Character in Dune From: Dune

Philosophical meditation on power, destiny, and foresight

249 quotes

"There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors."
History
"Beginnings are such delicate times."
Wisdom
"The willow knows things the oak does not."
Nature
"There is truth in wine and children."
Truth
"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."
Philosophy
"Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife—chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now it's done.'"
Perseverance
"How strange it is that a man can slay his enemy with far greater ease than he can say he was wrong."
Wisdom
"One face looks toward tomorrow; another toward yesterday."
Time
"The Fremen were the key to the planet."
Power
"We make up its myths and laws."
Politics
"Religion is the emotive power of civilization."
Philosophy
"The greatest house will fall—with the rest of the great houses."
Power
"We are slaves to spice and to spice we owe our lives."
Freedom
"There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe."
Philosophy
"The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth."
Truth
"A duke and his people must understand that personal interest must always bow to the common good."
Leadership
"Time moves in one direction, memory in another."
Time
"The ornithopter hummed with a peculiar life of its own."
Technology
"Survive. Persist. Overcome."
Perseverance
"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Power
"There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors."
History
"Arrakis is the creation of the desert."
Nature
"Patience is the discipline of the strong."
Patience
"The sleeper wakes, but does he see?"
Wisdom
"Men have killed for less than spice."
War
"The future could not be seen. This was the nature of all futures."
Time
"The science of manipulating atoms has no conscience."
Science
"The spice extends life; the spice expands consciousness."
Science
"The young believe they can change the world; only the old know that change changes the changer."
Wisdom
"Every tool shapes the hand that uses it."
Technology