Frank Herbert

Even victories take their toll on a man.

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

We are fools to think the battle is ever over. A defeated foe can delude us into letting down our guard... to our eternal sorrow.

The coward will not fight. The fool refuses to see necessity. The scoundrel puts himself ahead of humanity. The Zenshiites are all these things.

When others place impossible expectations on a man, he must redefine his goals, and forge his own path. That way at least someone is satisfied.

There is a certain momentum to victory...and to defeat.

In the desert, the line between life and death is sharp and quick.

The army fosters technology, and technology breeds anarchy because it distributes the terrible machines of destruction. Even before this Jihad, one man alone could create and apply enough violence to ravage an entire planet. It happened! Why do you think the computer became anathema?

Science: lost in its own mythos, redoubling its efforts when it's forgotten it's aim.

Brutality breeds brutality. Love breeds love.

There are a million ways to ask the same question, and a million ways to answer it.

Good intentions can bring about as much destruction as an evil conqueror. Either way, the result is the same.