The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.

Think on it, Chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives.

The past is no farther away than your pillow.

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.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's execution that counts.

Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking-there’s the real danger.