“Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die,” the Fremen said.

And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn. It is shocking to find how many people do not believe they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult. Muad’Dib knew that every experience carries its lesson.

mnemonic blink

Teach us this weirding way and you have sanctuary with us as long as you wish. Your water shall mingle with our water.”

In politics, the tripod is the most unstable of all structures.

Thufir Hawat, the old Mentat Master of Assassins,

You can plumb us by our language—the precise and delicate delineations for ways to administer treacherous death. Will someone try chaumurky tonight—poison in the drink? Or will it be chaumas—poison in the food?

“Hope clouds observation.”

given the right lever you can move a planet.