Dune

"To know a thing, one must know its beginnings."

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

"Arrakis is the creation of the desert."

"When you can do something about a thing, then you must worry. When you cannot do anything about a thing, then it does no good to worry."

"There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors."

"I am that which speaks with the authority of those who know."

"He who controls the spice controls the universe."

"Survive. Persist. Overcome."

"Dreams and reality interweave for those who have the sight."

"In the desert, I found myself."

"You are strong because you understand weakness."

"The ornithopter hummed with a peculiar life of its own."

"Time moves in one direction, memory in another."

"A duke and his people must understand that personal interest must always bow to the common good."

"The sleeper shall awaken when the time has come."

"The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth."

"There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe."

"We are slaves to spice and to spice we owe our lives."

"The greatest house will fall—with the rest of the great houses."

"The sietch is our fortress, but it is also our key to the water."

"Religion is the emotive power of civilization."

"You see, I am not your enemy. I am your destiny."

"The mind commands the flesh, but we know the flesh is stubborn."

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

"We make up its myths and laws."

"He who can destroy a thing, controls all things."

"The Fremen were the key to the planet."

"I will show you fear in a handful of sand."

"When you have many things depending on your decision, you can be paralyzed by the consideration of consequences."

"One face looks toward tomorrow; another toward yesterday."