Dune Quotes
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'They tried and failed, all of them?''Oh, no,' She shook her head. 'They tried and died.'
December 31, 2025 at 6:45 AM
'They tried and failed, all of them?''Oh, no,' She shook her head. 'They tried and died.'
Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.
December 31, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.
The Universe is God's. [...]a wholeness against which all separations may be identified. Transient life, even that self-aware and reasoning life which we call sentient, holds only fragile trusteeship on any portion of the wholeness.
December 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Universe is God's. [...]a wholeness against which all separations may be identified. Transient life, even that self-aware and reasoning life which we call sentient, holds only fragile trusteeship on any portion of the wholeness.
The eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever.
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever.
He who controls the spice controls the universe.
December 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
He who controls the spice controls the universe.
When you think you know something, that is the most perfect barrier against learning.
December 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
When you think you know something, that is the most perfect barrier against learning.
It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.
December 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.
"Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life & self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred"
December 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life & self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred"
At the age of fifteen, he had already learned silence.
December 29, 2025 at 6:45 AM
At the age of fifteen, he had already learned silence.
As with so many other religions, Muad'Dib's Golden Elixir of Life degenerated into external wizardry. Its mystical signs became mere symbols for deeper psychological processes, and those processes, of course, ran wild.
December 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As with so many other religions, Muad'Dib's Golden Elixir of Life degenerated into external wizardry. Its mystical signs became mere symbols for deeper psychological processes, and those processes, of course, ran wild.
Muad'Dib was disinherited and he spoke for the disinherited of all time. He cried out against that profound injustice which alienates the individual from that which he was taught to believe, from that which seemed to come to him as a right.
December 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Muad'Dib was disinherited and he spoke for the disinherited of all time. He cried out against that profound injustice which alienates the individual from that which he was taught to believe, from that which seemed to come to him as a right.
Life — all life — is in the service of life
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Life — all life — is in the service of life
There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government.
December 28, 2025 at 6:45 AM
There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government.
The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree.
December 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree.
Did you build high walls around you only to sit within them and indulge in self-pity?
December 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Did you build high walls around you only to sit within them and indulge in self-pity?
A man's flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe.
December 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A man's flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe.
Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms.
December 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms.
[They] had made the fatal decision: they'd chosen always the clear, safe course that leads ever downward into stagnation.
December 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
[They] had made the fatal decision: they'd chosen always the clear, safe course that leads ever downward into stagnation.
Above all else, the mentat must be a generalist, not a specialist. It is wise to have decisions of great moment monitored by generalists. Experts and specialists lead you quickly into chaos.
December 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Above all else, the mentat must be a generalist, not a specialist. It is wise to have decisions of great moment monitored by generalists. Experts and specialists lead you quickly into chaos.
The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.
Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.'
December 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.'
The mind can go either direction under stress — toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end.
December 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The mind can go either direction under stress — toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end.
You should never be in the company of anyone with whom you would not want to die.
December 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You should never be in the company of anyone with whom you would not want to die.
The only business of the Fremen should be that of opening his soul to the inner teachings. The worlds of the Imperium, the Landsraad and the CHOAM Confederacy have no message to give him. They will only rob him of his soul.
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The only business of the Fremen should be that of opening his soul to the inner teachings. The worlds of the Imperium, the Landsraad and the CHOAM Confederacy have no message to give him. They will only rob him of his soul.
We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.
December 25, 2025 at 6:45 AM
We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.