“how inevitable it was that the aristocrat would refuse his final duty—which was to step aside and vanish into history.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe. Education helps but it’s never enough. You also must run.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
In my estimation, more misery has been created by reformers than by any other force in human history. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
You must learn to rule. It's something none of your ancestors learned — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“There was a man so wise, He jumped into A sandy place And burnt out both his eyes! And when he knew… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They recreate the past, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus,… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“I am a collection of the obsolete, a relic of the damned, of the lost and strayed. I am the waylaid pieces… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“It is not always the majestic concerns of Imperial ministers which dictate the course of history, nor is it necessarily the pontifications… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“We do not teach history; we recreate the experience. We follow the chain of consequences - the tracks of the beast in… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to be different. I wanted to be able to laugh But I'm sister to an Emperor who's worshiped as… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“All of history is a malleable instrument in my hands. Ohhh, I have accumulated all of these pasts and I possess every… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Think on it, Chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The gravest error a thinking person can make is to believe that one particular version of history is absolute fact. History is… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“I am a collection of the obsolete, a relic of the damned, of the lost and strayed. I am the waylaid pieces… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few… — Frank Herbert Copy Share
“I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort. They were… — Frank Herbert Copy Share
“Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share
The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer. — Frank Herbert Copy Share
“how inevitable it was that the aristocrat would refuse his final duty—which was to step aside and vanish into history.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share
“What we should have done was test the gift first. We should have probed for dangers. We were too bedazzled by it, though.” — Frank Herbert Copy Share
“Humans are born with a susceptibility to that most persistent and debilitating disease of intellect: self-deception. The best of all possible worlds and the… — Frank Herbert Copy Share
Many have marked the speed with which Muad'Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, know the basis of this speed.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share
“The assumption that a whole system can be made to work better through an assault on its conscious elements betrays a dangerous ignorance. This… — Frank Herbert Copy Share
Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking. — Frank Herbert Copy Share
If you ask "Should we be in space?" you ask a nonsense question. We are in space. We will be in space. — Frank Herbert Copy Share
