Thufir Hawat

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"Betrayal is an art which is difficult to master."

"There is no greater warrior than a man who knows himself."

"A tool has no power of its own; it acts through the will of the wielder."

"To understand an enemy, you must become them."

"The absence of a thing can be as deadly as the thing itself."

"Do you know the truth of Arrakis? It is a place where the only way to survive is to kill."

"The greatest danger comes from those who have nothing to lose."

"Patience is the greatest weapon in war."

"To minimize the expenditure of energy, all life forms tend to follow the path of least resistance."

"You cannot simply wander into a desert expecting to find a human population."

"A man cannot act as a leader without first having the strength to act."

"Knowing where the trap is—that's the first step in evading it."

"Never make decisions under duress of strong emotion."

"You think like a scientist but act like an animal."

"Stillness in the face of danger marks a man."

"A man is not measured by his failures but by his will to continue."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"Politics is the art of seeming candid."

"A man unwilling to fight for what he wants deserves what he gets."

"A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone."

"A person is smart. People are stupid."

"You are the son of a Duke, but you are also human."

"Ambition creates enemies."

"A person is smart; people are dumb."

"When you have no position, you have freedom"

"To know something is to control it"

"You must learn to distinguish necessity from desire"

"The weapon of the mind is mightier"

"To know is to have power over."