Dune

"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."

"Action is the mode of living properly."

"The things that make you uncomfortable are usually the things you most need to learn."

"I am what has come before and what will come after."

"Time is a construct to help the weak."

"Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery."

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

"To know one's self is a beginning of wisdom."

"Men thirst for justice without realizing it."

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

"Religion often ends where politics begins."

"Politics is the art of appearing candid while concealing everything."

"When you can look at any thing and see it as it is, you will have learned the greatest truth."

"The spice must flow."

"I am the kwisatz haderach."

"Arrakis is a harsh world and it shapes those who live there."

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

"How do you fight someone smarter than yourself? The answer is: you don't."

"Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and how."

"The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness."

"You give me the classical symptoms of fear."

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer."

"The sleeper has awakened."

"Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear."

"The future is a thing of the past"

"The desert teaches patience to those who listen"

"The ability to see is not the same as the ability to act"

"You cannot go back to unchanged places or people"

"To know something of significance is to be burdened by it"

"History is written by those who remain"