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 … - Frank Herbert

The scarce water of Dune is an exact analog of oil scarcity. CHOAM is OPEC.

Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness — they cannot work and their civilization collapses

Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties....and the striving for something better, plus the fear that nothing would come of it all.