

“It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future.”
― Dune
― Dune

“War don't ennoble men, it turns 'em into dogs. It poisons the soul.”
― The Thin Red Line
― The Thin Red Line

“There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.”
― Dune
― Dune

“The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.”
― Dune
― Dune

“Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.”
― Dune
― Dune
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