Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection: Books 1 – 6

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

The Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

faufreluches class system

“A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful,” Hawat had said.

geriatric spice, melange.

Thufir Hawat, his father’s Master of Assassins,

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it’s a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.”

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Natura non facit saltus,

Most civilization is based on cowardice. It’s so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame.