He who controls the spice controls the universe.

Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained.

The clear and safe path leads evermore into stagnation

One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

When strangers meet, great allowance should be made for differences of custom and training.

Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definitions.

Can you collect chaos? Not collecting, that is the ultimate gathering. What can you gather without gathering yourself.