We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying. - Frank Herbert

Seeing all the chattering faces, Paul was suddenly repelled by them. They were cheap masks locked on festering thoughts — voices gabbling to drown out the loud silence in every breast.

Educational bureaucracies dull a child’s questing sensitivity.

The universe is just there; that’s the only way a Fedaykin can view it and remain the master of his senses. The universe neither threatens nor promises. It holds things beyond our sway: the fall of a meteor, the eruption of a spiceblow, growing old and dying. These are the realities of this universe and they must be faced regardless of how you feel about them. You cannot fend off such realities with words. They will come at you in their own wordless way and then, then you will understand what is meant by “life and death.” Understanding this, you will be filled with joy. — MUAD’DIB TO HIS FEDAYKIN