The mystery of consciousness? Erroneous data—significant results.

Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man's mind,'" Paul quoted. "Right out of the Butlerian Jihad and the Orange Catholic Bible," she said. "But what the O.C. Bible should've said is: 'Thou shalt not make a machine to counterfeit a human mind.' Have you studied the Mentat in your service?

Bene Gesserit view that humans were life designed by evolution to create order. And how does that help us against these disorderly women who hunt us? What branch of evolution are they? Is evolution just another name for God?

The oracle cannot chance upon what it cannot understand.

Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. —FROM "THE SAYINGS OF MUAD'DIB" BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

All gods have this problem, Hwi. In the perception of deeper needs, I must often ignore the immediate ones. Not addressing immediate needs is an offense to the young. Could you not reason with her and... Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!

the mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience

Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of God's universe.

You have been educated in judgment, which is the essence of worship. Judgment always occurs in the past. It is past-thinking. Will, free or otherwise, is concerned with the future. Thinking is the performance of the moment, out of which you use your judgment to modulate will. You are a convection center through which past prepares future. —Dwarf MacIntosh, Kelpmaster, from Conversations with the Avata

She said: "My Uncle Malky used to say that love was a bad bargain because you get no guarantees.

Command must always look confident, he thought. All that faith riding on your shoulders while you sit in the critical seat and never show it.

Love, that is what you understand, she said. Love. And that is all of it. [...] You have faith in life, Hwi said. I know that the courage of love can reside only in this faith.