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.

I have come to believe that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.

A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken.

There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers. Nothing. Nothing can be done.

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

The problem of leadership is inevitably: Who will play God?" Muad'Dib