Dune

"The test of a first-rate intelligence"

"Mercy is the mark of a great man"

"What is the most important thing a ruler can know?"

"To know something is to control it"

"The desert is a teacher"

"Patience accomplishes all things"

"Dreams and genius are never strangers"

"My father was a great man"

"The future is not fixed, but fluid"

"I am the law"

"The child is father to the man"

"Ambition clouds judgment"

"When you have no position, you have freedom"

"The greatest and most terrible truth"

"There is no escape from a woman's subtlety"

"History is a tool of power"

"The capacity to learn is everything"

"You must learn to see"

"He who controls the spice controls the universe"

"The sleeper has awakened"

"Tomorrow belongs to those who seize it."

"The strongest walls are built on loyalty."

"To understand is to forgive."

"Prophecy is a dangerous companion."

"The eye of the storm holds perfect peace."

"What is done is done; tomorrow is unwritten."

"Power without understanding is tyranny."

"To lead is to bleed."

"The desert keeps its secrets."

"The greatest weapon is patience."