DUNEECOLOGICAL NARRATIVE OR THEOLOGICAL DYSTOPIA ?

Beyond a critical point within finite space,freedom diminishes as numbers increase.This is as true of humans in the finite space of a planetary ecosystem as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask.The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive-Pardot Kynes,First planetologist of Arrakis.

`The Revered Mother must combine the seductive wiles of the courtesanwith the untouchable majesty of a virgin goddess,holding these attributes in tension so long as the powers of her youth endure.For when youth and beauty have gone,she will find that the place between,once occupied by tension,has become a wellspring of cunning and resourcefulness`-from Muad`Dib ,Family Commentaries` by the Princess Irulan

`Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from Magic` Arthur C Clarke

`I must not fear.Fear is the mind-killer.Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.I will Face my fear.I will permit it to pass over me and through me.And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.Only I will remain`

To the people whose labours go beyond ideas into the realm of `real materials`-to the dry-land ecologists,wherever they may be,in whatever time they work,this effort at prediction is dedicated in humility and admiration.`

`....There is in each of us an ancient force that takes and an ancient force that gives.A man finds little difficulty facing that place within himself where the taking force dwells,but its almost impossible for him to see into the giving force without changing into something other than a man.For a woman the situation is reversed.`......`These things are so ancient within us ....that they`re ground into each separate cell of our bodies.We`re shaped by such forces....`And you ,my son` Jessica asked,`are you one who gives or one who takes ?``I`m the fulcrum,` he said`I cannot give without taking and I cannot take without...`

`Statistics:at a conservative estimate,I`ve killed sixty-onre billion,sterilised ninety planets,completely demoralised five hundred others.I`ve wiped out the followers of forty religions which had existed since--``Unbelievers!` Korba protested .`Unbelievers all`!``No`,Paul said`Believers.``My Liege makes a joke,`Korba said voice trembling.`The Jihad has brought ten thousand worlds into the shining light of -``Into the darkness,`Paul said.`We`ll be a hundred generations recovering from Muad`dib`s Jihad.I find it hard to believe that anyone will ever surpass this`.A barking laugh erupted from his throat.` What amuses Muad`dib?` Stilgar asked.`I am not amused.I merely had a sudden vision of the Emperor Hitler saying something similar`.(

`The joy of living is all bound up in the fact the life can surprise you`

`A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct