Thufir Hawat

"Gravity wells and empty space have taught us that the universe bends to will."

"A man may be noble and still be weak."

"Patience. We shall see."

"You've heard of animals chewing off a leg to escape a trap?"

"In a world where assassins have access to poisons from a thousand worlds, safety is largely a matter of anticipated precaution."

"The greatest strength lies in patience."

"You cannot know the future. You can only know the past and speculate on the present."

"A man is proven by his actions."

"Training is one thing, but actual performance under stress is another."

"Time is a resource like any other. It must be spent wisely."

"A secret shared is no longer a secret."

"Survival is the ability to adapt"

"The test of leadership is not in the battles won but in the lives not squandered."

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

"The best and most reliable source of information about the world is not your eyes, but your ears."

"The problem of leadership is inevitably a problem of inadequate tools."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"Betrayal is always possible when a man places his faith in others."

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains must be possible."

"The mind commands the muscles directly. There is no room for malfunction."

"The greatest danger exists in the assumption that others think as you do."

"Persistence is the art of appearing persistent."

"To suspect the best, to speak of it, to prepare it, to confirm it is the art of the politician"

"Politics is the business of arranging the survival of populations"

"Political intrigue makes a safer hobby than space travel"

"A person is smart. People are dumb"

"A great man doesn't seek power; power seeks him"

"A man is known by the quality of his dreams."

"To think you must be alive."

"I have learned to live without my sight."