Dune

"The test of a reasonable world is its ability to change."

"Plans within plans within plans."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

"The future remains uncertain and so it should."

"Beauty is a wonderful thing. I love it."

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

"We who carry the name of concubine into history bear the shame of our servitude."

"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve but a reality to experience."

"History is a set of lies agreed upon."

"The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble."

"A man is proven by his actions."

"The hand of God has become the hand of man."

"Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere."

"He who controls the spice controls the universe."

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

"Necessity is the argument of tyrants."

"Power resides where men believe it resides."

"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense."

"When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand against them."

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

"I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me."

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

"What do you despise? By this are you made known."

"The sleeper has awakened."

"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration."

"Kindness is not weakness."

"Imagination is the first step to creation."

"History is written by survivors."

"The greatest strength lies in patience."

"Dreams shape reality."