Psychology Quotes by Frank Herbert

16 Psychology quotes by Frank Herbert

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Herbert’s world‑building extends to the mind, where he probes power, fear, and evolution. Sixteen excerpts reveal his speculative take on the psychology that drives societies.

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“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.”

Frank Herbert

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Fear is the mind-killer.

Frank Herbert

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FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.

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Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.

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The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.

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The most terrifying things in the universe came from human minds.

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The mind goes on working no matter how we try to hold it back.

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The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action in mind.

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“The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance.” Yes—I am meeting more resistance lately. I…

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Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.

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“The human mind, as is the case with the mind of any animal, is a resonator. It responds to resonances in the…

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Give me the judgment of balanced minds in preference to laws every time. Codes and manuals create patterned behavior. All patterned behavior…

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The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose…

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When I was writing Dune there was no room in my mind for concerns about the book's success or failure. I was…

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“Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it…

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“For what do you hunger, Lord?” Moneo ventured. “For a humankind which can make truly long-term decisions. Do you know the key…

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“Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree.”

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The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer.

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“how inevitable it was that the aristocrat would refuse his final duty—which was to step aside and vanish into history.”

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“What we should have done was test the gift first. We should have probed for dangers. We were too bedazzled by it, though.”

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“Have you noticed, Stil, how beautiful the young women are this year?”

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“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…

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