Answers are a perilous grip on the universe. They can appear sensible yet explain nothing.

It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future.

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen" -- which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.

Good subjects must feel guilty. The guilt begins as a feeling of failure. The good autocrat provides many opportunities for failure in the populace.

Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he or she is in. That person must reflect what is projected upon him or her.

... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.

Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.