“Fear is the mind-killer.”

“Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!”

“There is no escapewe pay for the violence of our ancestors.”

“The man without emotions is the one to fear.”

“Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power," Tuek said. "You might find the line between life and death among the Fremen to be too sharp and quick.”

“You have a nicety of awareness of the difference between a blade's edge and its tip.”

“You will be a different person after the storm, because the storm will heal you from your perfection.”

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.”

“In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end...”