Dune

"The test of any man lies not in one moment of crisis but in his entire lifetime of work."

"Desert teaches you to isolate yourself from the human scene."

"The strongest bulwark against tyranny is an informed populace."

"Beware the prophet."

"Politics are the mirror of the soul."

"To live is to take up space and to have impact on the world."

"Violence is a tool of the ignorant."

"Humans are almost always mad."

"Choice, always choice."

"When you can flatten anxiety, you flatten the threat it represents."

"You have just begun to learn what it means to be a human being."

"A person is smart. People are dumb."

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

"He who controls the spice controls the universe."

"I will face my fear. Fear is the mind-killer."

"Prophecy is a dangerous thing."

"Desire is a factor in political thought."

"The spice must flow."

"The future is a thing which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour."

"A plan is only as good as the first moment it fails."

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

"Betrayal strikes deepest in the family home."

"To be born Harkonnen is to be born to rage."

"In the book of Arrakis, there is a history of violence."

"I am a human being, not an animal. I must believe in human dignity."

"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future."

"Walk without rhythm and we won't attract the worm."

"A man exists to serve his needs, not the reverse."

"When you have bred cattle for generations, you make a great bull. Not so with humans."

"He who controls the spice controls the universe."