The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred.

Education is no substitute for intelligence.

This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.

If enough of us believe, a new thing can be made to exist. Belief structure creates a filter through which chaos is sifted into order.

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.

A leader is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a people reverts to a mob.

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.