Dune

"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."

"Stillness in the face of danger marks a man."

"The test of any mind is whether it can accept a new idea."

"Questions are a burden to others, answers a prison for oneself."

"The one who follows another will never become the leader."

"I have crossed oceans of time to find you."

"You think like a scientist but act like an animal."

"That which submits is not necessarily weak."

"The great man doesn't seek to lead, he is called to it."

"Water is precious in the desert."

"Do you know the way to the desert?"

"My name is a killing word."

"Never make decisions under duress of strong emotion."

"The universe runs on Profit."

"The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism."

"I am the son of a Duke and a concubine."

"What do you see, boy?"

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

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

"Choice! Always the crucial intersection."

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

"Desire is a padlock on the lips of discretion."

"Think you of the fact that a deaf man is ignored by his fellows."

"He who controls the spice controls the universe."

"Plans within plans within plans."

"When you can sit with your fear completely and own it, you become free."

"The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences."

"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."

"Freedom from fear is impossible without freedom from want."

"The mind of man is a sacred battlefield where all forces of nature contend."