Dune

Book · 8 characters · 818 quotes · 1965

Quotes from Dune

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"Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear."
Paul Atreides Courage
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"Memory shapes who we become."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Philosophy
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"The price of survival is eternal vigilance."
Thufir Hawat War
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"The universe reveals itself to those who seek."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Philosophy
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"To rule is to serve."
Paul Atreides Leadership
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"Faith without doubt is merely certainty."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Faith
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"The worm is the desert, and the desert is the worm."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Nature
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"Time moves differently for those who can see."
Paul Atreides Time
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"Some things cannot be unlearned."
Paul Atreides Knowledge
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"Knowledge is power, but ignorance is bliss."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Knowledge
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"The desert keeps its secrets."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Nature
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"A leader stands alone with his burden."
Paul Atreides Leadership
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"Violence breeds only more violence."
Paul Atreides Peace
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"The spice must flow—it is the law of Arrakis."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Nature
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"History is written by those who survive."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions History
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"Understanding comes through patience."
Stilgar Patience
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"In the end, all power corrupts."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Power
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"The ability to learn is the most important survival skill."
Thufir Hawat Education
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"We are bound by our choices."
Paul Atreides Leadership
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"A man who sees the future is held prisoner to it."
Paul Atreides Freedom
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"The greatest threat comes from within."
Thufir Hawat War
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"Arrakis gives and Arrakis takes away."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Nature
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"To know the future is to be trapped by it."
Paul Atreides
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"Power plays are the games of children."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Power
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"The old must give way to the new."
Paul Atreides Change
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"Water is life in the desert."
Stilgar Nature
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"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Time
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"Survival is the highest good."
Stilgar Perseverance
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"Every judgment teeters on the brink of error."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Wisdom
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"No woman child of Arrakis can escape the imprint of sand in her eyes."
Spice-induced narrator/Paul's visions Nature