Kindness Is The Beginning Of Cruelty.

The Purpose Of Argument Is To Change The Nature Of Truth.

The Truth Always Carries The Ambiguity Of The Words Used To Express It.

When I Was Writing Dune There Was No Room In My Mind For Concerns About The Book's Success Or Failure. I Was Concerned Only With The Writing. Six Years Of Research Had Preceded The Day I Sat Down To Put The Story Together, And The Interweaving Of The Many Plot Layers I Had Planned Required A Degree Of Concentration I Had Never Before Experienced.

Humans Live Best When Each Has His Place, When Each Knows Where He Belongs In The Scheme Of Things. Destroy The Place And Destroy The Person.

All Men Seek To Be Enlightened. Religion Is But The Most Ancient And Honorable Way In Which Men Have Striven To Make Sense Out Of God's Universe. Scientists Seek The Lawfulness Of Events. It Is The Task Of Religion To Fit Man Into This Lawfulness.