Hunters of Dune (The Dune Sequence Book 7)

by Brian Herbert

Some like to live in complacency, hoping for stability without upset. I much prefer to turn over rocks and see what scurries out.

Learn how to recognize your greatest enemy. It may even be yourself.

The conscious mind is only the tip of the iceberg. A vast mass of subconscious thoughts and latent abilities lies beneath the surface.

When one has an obvious need, one has an obvious weakness. Take care when you make a request, for in doing so you reveal your vulnerabilities.

Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Our motivations are as important as our goals. Use this to understand your enemy. With such knowledge, you can either defeat him or, even better, manipulate him into becoming your ally.

It is often easier for us to destroy each other than it is to resolve our differences. Such is the cosmic joke of human nature!

Reputation can be a beautiful weapon. It often spills less blood.

Each civilization, no matter how altruistic it purports to be, has its means of interrogating and torturing prisoners, as well as an elaborate system to justify such actions.

A choice can be as dangerous as a weapon. Refusing to choose is in itself a choice.

To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror. To learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror.

The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend. He may hate you as much as any other rival.

We all have an innate ability to recognize flaws and weaknesses in others. It takes much greater courage, however, to recognize the same flaws in ourselves.