We are generalists. You can't draw neat lines around planet-wide problems. Planetology is a cut-and-fit science.

The most important survival ability for any life form is the ability to change.

There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to hold it and then only under conditions that increase that reluctance.

The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty. Leto II

The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.