The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he shatter her? 'What has this god of yours ever really done for you?' She stood very still for a long moment, her back to him. 'Everything.

If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken.

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.

His thoughts were too vague to be described, but they comprehended mysterious elements.

I realize that humans cannot bear very much reality. Most lives are a flight from selfhood. Most prefer the truths of the stable. You stick your heads into the stanchions and munch contentedly until you die. Others use you for their purposes. Not once do you live outside the stable to lift your head and be your own creature. Muad'Dib came to tell you about that. Without understanding his message, you cannot revere him!

Remember your philosopher's doubts, Miles. Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.

The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him.

One of the most dangerous things in the universe is an ignorant people with real grievances. That is nowhere near as dangerous, however, as an informed and intelligent society with grievances.

Do you want me to say that men create gods to enforce their definitions of good and evil?

Thinking you knew something was a sure way to blind yourself. It was not growing up that slowly applied brakes to learning (Mentats were taught) but an accumulation of "things I know." New

That was the thing he resented about religion, Bickel thought—the way it appealed to emotion rather than intelligence.

You took the universe as you found it and applied your principles where you could.