The Mystery Of Life Isn't A Problem

When I Was Writing Dune There Was No Room In My Mind For Concerns About The Book's Success Or Failure. I Was Concerned Only With The Writing. Six Years Of Research Had Preceded The Day I Sat Down To Put The Story Together, And The Interweaving Of The Many Plot Layers I Had Planned Required A Degree Of Concentration I Had Never Before Experienced.

Most Believe That A Satisfactory Future Requires A Return To An Idealized Past, A Past Which Never In Fact Existed.

All Men Seek To Be Enlightened. Religion Is But The Most Ancient And Honorable Way In Which Men Have Striven To Make Sense Out Of God's Universe. Scientists Seek The Lawfulness Of Events. It Is The Task Of Religion To Fit Man Into This Lawfulness.

Religions Often Partake Of The Myth Of Progress That Shields Us From The Terrors Of An Uncertain Future.

They Say They Seek Security And Quiet, The Condition They Call Peace. Even As They Speak They Create The Seeds Of Turmoil And Violence.