Dune is a 2021 American epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name from Frank Herbert’s Dune franchise. Set in the far distant future, the film follows Paul Atreides as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis. Here is a collection of best dune quotes by Frank Herbert.
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“The spice must flow.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“He who controls the spice controls the universe.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“The sleeper has awakened.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“I see the future you, Paul Atreides. And the future of the Empire.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called ‘spannungsbogen’ — which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“Hope clouds observation.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand against them.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present, and a waste to live in the future.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“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.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“I’m dead to everyone unless I’m seen, but I go on; the fact that I am gives me a measure of perfection you shall never attain.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“It is said that the Fremen have the ability to be many places at once.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”
-Frank Herbert, Dune
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