Dune Quotes
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Enter no conflict against fanatics unless you can defuse them. Oppose a religion with another religion only if your proofs (miracles) are irrefutable or if you can mesh in a way that the fanatics accept you as god-inspired.
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Enter no conflict against fanatics unless you can defuse them. Oppose a religion with another religion only if your proofs (miracles) are irrefutable or if you can mesh in a way that the fanatics accept you as god-inspired.
Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained.
September 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained.
Membership in a conspiracy, as in an army, frees people from the sense of personal responsibility.
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Membership in a conspiracy, as in an army, frees people from the sense of personal responsibility.
"Tell me about the waters of your homeworld, Usul."
September 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Tell me about the waters of your homeworld, Usul."
Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept?
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept?
Consider the relationship between faith and power. Are they mutually exclusive when each depends upon the other?
September 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Consider the relationship between faith and power. Are they mutually exclusive when each depends upon the other?
I tell you we are a marvel and my memories leave no doubt of this.
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I tell you we are a marvel and my memories leave no doubt of this.
Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.
September 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.
We can still remember the golden days before Heisenberg, who showed humans the walls enclosing our predestined arguments. The lives within me find this amusing.
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We can still remember the golden days before Heisenberg, who showed humans the walls enclosing our predestined arguments. The lives within me find this amusing.
The human body is composed of some seventy per cent water by weight. A dead man, surely, no longer requires that water.
September 22, 2025 at 6:45 AM
The human body is composed of some seventy per cent water by weight. A dead man, surely, no longer requires that water.
Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife — chopping off what's incomplete and saying: "Now it's complete because it's ended here."
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife — chopping off what's incomplete and saying: "Now it's complete because it's ended here."
Battle? There's always a desire for breathing space motivating it somewhere.
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Battle? There's always a desire for breathing space motivating it somewhere.
You see, my climate demands a special attitude towards water. You are aware of water at all times. You waste nothing that contains moisture.
September 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
You see, my climate demands a special attitude towards water. You are aware of water at all times. You waste nothing that contains moisture.
Some days it's melange; some days it's bitter dirt.
September 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Some days it's melange; some days it's bitter dirt.
Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!
September 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!
"You, Paul Atreides, descendant of kings, son of a Duke, you must learn to rule. It's something none of your ancestors learned."
September 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"You, Paul Atreides, descendant of kings, son of a Duke, you must learn to rule. It's something none of your ancestors learned."
I remember deducing in that instant that my father secretly wished the Duke had been his son, and disliked the political necessities that made them enemies.
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I remember deducing in that instant that my father secretly wished the Duke had been his son, and disliked the political necessities that made them enemies.
Corruption wears infinite disguises.
September 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Corruption wears infinite disguises.
Knowledge, you see, has no uses without purpose, but purpose is what builds enclosing walls.
September 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Knowledge, you see, has no uses without purpose, but purpose is what builds enclosing walls.
And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class
September 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in the interests of the ruling class
Given the right lever, you can move a planet.
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Given the right lever, you can move a planet.
It is your fate, forgetfulness. All of the old lessons of life, you lose and gain and lose and gain again.
September 19, 2025 at 6:45 AM
It is your fate, forgetfulness. All of the old lessons of life, you lose and gain and lose and gain again.
The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty.
September 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty.
No sweeteners will cloak some forms of bitterness. If it tastes bitter, spit it out.
September 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
No sweeteners will cloak some forms of bitterness. If it tastes bitter, spit it out.
He will not be found, yet all men will find him.
September 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
He will not be found, yet all men will find him.