Quotes about Purpose

He understood terrible purposes. They drove against all odds. They were their own necessity. Paul felt that he had been infected with terrible purpose. He did not know yet what the terrible purpose was.

When God hath ordained a creature to die in a particular place, He causeth that creature's wants to direct him to that place.

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!

The Golden Path demands it. And what is the Golden Path? you ask. It is the survival of humankind, nothing more nor less.

Paul felt that he had been infected with terrible purpose. He did not know yet what the terrible purpose was.

He could close his eyes and recall the shouts of the crowds. So that is what they hope, he thought. And he remembered what the old Reverend Mother had said: Kwisatz Haderach. The memories touched his feelings of terrible purpose, shading this strange world

Indeed? Pardon me for not listening further but I am really on an urgent errand.

A victory is useless unless it reflects your deepest wishes.

Love leads to misery. Love is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species. Remember that woman's mistake, the pain.

Humans live best when each has his own place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person

Humans live best when each has his own place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things.

Knowledge, you see, has no uses without purpose, but purpose is what builds enclosing walls.