Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty. Leto II

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained.

A person cries out in life because it's lonely and because life's been broken off from whatever created it. But no matter how much you hate life, you love it too. It's like a caldron boiling with everything you have to have, but very painful to the lips.

Madness in method, that's genius