A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.
 -- "Manual of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan

Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.
 -- Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam

Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert.
 -- Arrakeen villager saying

Be prepared to appreciate what you meet.
 -- Fremen proverb
