To Endure Oneself May Be The Hardest

Anything Less Than Abject Submission Has To Have Some Attack In It.

The Real Universe Is Always One Step Beyond Logic.

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.

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.

Caution Is The Path To Mediocrity. Gliding, Passionless Mediocrity Is All That Most People Think They Can Achieve.