“I was addressing the way a significant life extension has produced in some people, you especially, a profound knowledge of human nature.” “We live longer and observe more,” he said. “I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Some people never… — 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
