"Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic tr…"

"I must rule with eye and claw — as the hawk among lesser birds."

""Your mother wanted me to be the one to tell you, Son. You see, you may have Mentat capabilities." Paul stared at his…"

"A million deaths were not enough for Yueh!"

"O you who know what we suffer here, do not forget us in your prayers."

"Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them."

"A tool wielded in ignorance can become the most dangerous of weapons."

"Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we l…"

"All the special training from Hawat and his mother — the mnemonics, the focusing of awareness, the muscle control and…"

"There is probably no more terrible instance of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man …"