There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was concerned more over the men than he was over the spice. He risked his own life, and that of his son to save the men. He passed off the loss of a spice crawler with a gesture. The threat to men's lives had him in a rage. A leader such as that would command fanatic loyalty. He would be difficult to defeat. Against his own will and all previous judgements, Kynes admitted to himself: I like this Duke.

Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.

The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.

And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.

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