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Quotes from Dune — Frank Herbert

1920–1986 United States

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Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert.

Dune (1965)

The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows — a wall against the wind. This is the willow's purpose.

Dune (1965)

You fight when the necessity arises — no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.

Dune (1965)

All men must see that the teaching of religion by rules and rote is largely a hoax. The proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you’ve always known.

Dune (1965)

Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It's shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad'Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson.

Dune (1965)

Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. ...The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive.

Dune (1965)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Frank Herbert (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.