“A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals.… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Many have marked the speed with which Muad'Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. The Bene Gesserit, of course, know the basis of… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge,… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Ecology is a dirty seven-letter word to many people. They are like heavy sleepers refusing to be aroused. "Leave me alone! It's… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce. ... Men must… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Some people never observe anything, Life just happens to them. They get by on little… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Bless the Maker and His water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passage cleanse the world. May He keep… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
[Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.'… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. -- Muad'Dib — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action in mind. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“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
“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 Image
“Have you noticed, Stil, how beautiful the young women are this year?” — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
