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The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences.

-PARDOT KYNES, Ecology of Bela Tegeuse, Initial Report to the Imperium

The ultimate question: Why does life exist? The answer: For life's sake.

-ANONYMOUS, thought to be of Zensunni origin

In the Imperium there exists the "principle of the individual," noble but
rarely utilized, whereby a person who violates a written law in a situation of
extreme peril or need can request a special session of the court of
jurisdiction in order to explain and support the necessity of his actions. A
number of legal procedures derive from this principle, among them the Drey
Jury, the Blind Tribunal, and the Trial by Forfeiture.

-Law of the Imperium: Commentaries

Like the knowledge of your own being, the sietch forms a firm base from which
you move out into the world and into the universe.

-Fremen Teaching

All persons are contained within a single individual, just as all time is in a
moment, and the entire universe is in a grain of sand.

-Fremen Saying

A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps
the creator alive.

-FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes