Dune

Book · 8 characters · 818 quotes · 1965

Quotes from Dune

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"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve but a reality to experience."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Life
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"Once you've tasted the spice, you will desire it always."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions
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"There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors."
Gaius Helen Mohiam History
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"The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Nature
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"You must learn to see."
Gaius Helen Mohiam Wisdom
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"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Power
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"The only true victory is the one that transforms the victor."
Paul Atreides Success
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"Power corrupts, but the desire for power is what truly damns us."
Paul Atreides Power
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"The greatest danger lies not in what we know, but in what we assume."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Knowledge
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"Destiny is written by those who dare to write it."
Paul Atreides Power
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"To understand an enemy, you must become them."
Thufir Hawat Wisdom
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"The price of survival is eternal vigilance."
Paul Atreides Perseverance
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"In chaos, we discover our true nature."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Wisdom
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"The future belongs to those who seize it."
Paul Atreides Power
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"Survival is not guaranteed; it is earned."
Paul Atreides Perseverance
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"Mountains are for conquering, but the desert is for understanding."
Liet-Kynes Nature
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"A tool has no power of its own; it acts through the will of the wielder."
Thufir Hawat Wisdom
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"The greatest battle is fought within the mind."
Paul Atreides Perseverance
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"Love is a sword with many edges."
Lady Jessica Love
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"You cannot go back; you can only go forward and accept what you have become."
Paul Atreides
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"The mind of man is forever his own battleground."
Paul Atreides
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"Expectations are subtle tyrants."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Freedom
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"There is no greater warrior than a man who knows himself."
Thufir Hawat Strength
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"To survive, we must change; to remain perfect is to perish."
Paul Atreides Change
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"I give myself to the desert and to the future."
Paul Atreides
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"Choices are the only real currency in the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Freedom
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"The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences."
Liet-Kynes Nature
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"My father once told me that revenge is a meal best served cold."
Paul Atreides Wisdom
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"Betrayal is an art which is difficult to master."
Thufir Hawat Truth
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"To know a man, observe how he treats inferiors, not equals."
Gaius Helen Mohiam