p.100 "Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man." --from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan "Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic." --from "The Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan "There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace - those qualities you find always in that which the true artist captures. You can find it in the turning of the seasons, in the way sand trails along a ridge, in the branch clusters of the creosote bush or the pattern of its leaves. We try to copy these patterns in our lives and our society, seeking the rhythms, the dances, the forms that comfort. Yet, it is possible to see peril in the finding of ultimate prfection. It is clear that the ultimate pattern contains its own fixity. In such perfection, all things move toward death." --from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan "You cannot avoid the interplay of politics within an orthodox religion. This power struggle permeates the training, educating and disciplining of the orthodox community. Because of this pressure, the leaders of such a community inevitably must face that ultimate internal question: to succumb to complete opportunism as the price of maintaining their rule, or risk sacrificing themselves for the sake of the orthodox ethic." --from "Muad'Dib: The Religious Issues" by Princess Irulan "When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual." --from "Muad'Dib: The Ninety-nine Wonders of The Universe" by Princess Irulan "How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his innner self is telling him" --from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by Princess Irulan