Dune

Book · 8 characters · 818 quotes · 1965

Quotes from Dune

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"The man who raises his hand against you is your enemy."
Paul Atreides War
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"Religion is the most powerful force in human affairs."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Faith
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"In politics the choice is always thus: to change nothing and lose everything, or to change everything and lose something."
Thufir Hawat Politics
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"You cannot choose your future, but you can choose your actions today."
Paul Atreides Change
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"I will face my fear."
Paul Atreides Courage
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"The sleeper awakes to find his sister dead."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Death
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"A man who trusts in himself cannot lose."
Paul Atreides Strength
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"I am that which bids you to love and to be loved."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Love
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"Beyond a certain point a man cannot make his friends do anything that smacks of a miracle."
Gaius Helen Mohiam Friendship
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"The sleeper has awakened, but to what purpose?"
Paul Atreides Wisdom
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"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Power
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"When you can move mountains, mountains no longer move you."
Gaius Helen Mohiam Wisdom
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"Time to go deeper into the desert."
Stilgar Adventure
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"The ornithopter cannot fly like a bird; it must fly like a machine."
Thufir Hawat Wisdom
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"You hold onto yourself by the hairs of your teeth."
Paul Atreides Strength
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"What is money? It is a clock ticking away your life."
Gaius Helen Mohiam Money
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"I must not fear. Fear is the path to the dark side."
Paul Atreides Fear
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"He who can destroy a thing controls a thing."
Baron Vladimir Harkonnen Power
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"Knowledge and power are joined."
Thufir Hawat Knowledge
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"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Philosophy
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"Greatness and goodness are not the same thing."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Philosophy
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"To know the future is to be trapped by it."
Paul Atreides Time
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"No matter how exotic the seed, it grows in the soil of the present moment."
Paul Atreides Philosophy
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"What is "popular" is often wrong."
Lady Jessica Wisdom
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"The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Education
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"Religion often contains the wisdom of the ancients."
Thufir Hawat Knowledge
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"When you have long life before you, you sometimes learn to value it."
Gaius Helen Mohiam Life
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"The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."
Paul Atreides Wisdom
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"Politics is the art of appearing candid and open while concealing as much as possible."
Thufir Hawat Politics
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"The sleeper has awakened."
Paul Atreides