In my estimation, more misery has been created by reformers than by any other force in human history.

When strangers meet, great allowance should be made for differences of custom and training.

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

If you believe certain words, you believe their hidden arguments. When you believe something is right or wrong, true or false, you believe the assumptions in the words which express the arguments. Such assumptions are often full of holes, but remain most precious to the convinced.

Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.

Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob.

Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: "Now it's complete because it's ended here."