Humans are almost always lonely.

In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, "I am not the kind of person I want to be." It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

The clear and safe path leads evermore into stagnation

My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.

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

Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.