What is this exact quote?

Walter

I'm looking for a qoute from one of the Dune books. I know its from one of the brief philosophical statements that Frank Herbert likes to use to open the chapters. Unfortunately I cannot remember exactly which one of the books it comes from. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get anything from google.

Its something like "To be static is to be dead" only longer. I know it equates being unchanging or "static" with death.

lifeincognito

I found this site: http://www.nightsolo.net/dune/books.html

I couldn't find any with static or dead in them, but the person who created the site says they pulled them from the openings of each chapter.

May you find what you seek

Daenris

Hmm... well if you've googled it's quite possible you saw this, but this page has a list of quotes from multiple books. The one you want may be in there.

So far this seems to match closest to the spirit of what you recall

Any path that narrows future possibilities may become a lethal trap. Humans are not threading their way through a maze; they scan a vast horizon filled with unique opportunities. The narrowing viewpoint of the maze should appeal only to creatures with their noses buried in the sand.

Walter

I was looking for something that had the interchapter quotes in it. Thanks, its definitely more than I had to work with.

Smasher

It doesn't fit your description perfectly, but is it this?

Muad'Dib could indeed, see the Future, but you must understand the limits of this power. Think of sight. You have eyes, yet cannot see without light. If you are on the floor of a valley, you cannot see beyond your valley. Just so, Muad'Dib could not always choose to look across the mysterious terrain. He tells us that a single obscure decision of prophecy, perhaps the choice of one word over another, could change the entire aspect of the future. He tells us "The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door." And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning "That path leads ever down into stagnation."

Walter

No, unfortunately. I've gone through all of the books and now I'm thinking that maybe the qoute is from somewhere in the actual text or from somewhere else. I really wish I could remember the whole thing, I want to use it for a personal statement I'm writing.