Truth Quotes by Frank Herbert

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

— Frank Herbert

“Truth suffers from too much analysis. -Ancient Fremen Saying”

— Frank Herbert

“Survival is staying alive one breath at a time. p. 251”

— Frank Herbert

The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.

— Frank Herbert

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

— Frank Herbert

If you live in bad faith, lies will appear to you like the truth.

— Frank Herbert

No matter how much we ask after the truth, self-awareness is often unpleasant. We do not feel kindly toward the Truthsayer.

— Frank Herbert

“If you put away those who report accurately, you’ll keep only those who know what you want to hear,” Jessica”

— Frank Herbert

We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.

— Frank Herbert

. . . is to attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing Darkness. It cannot be.

— Frank Herbert

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.

— Frank Herbert

My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from…

— Frank Herbert

“If you put away those who report accurately, you’ll keep only those who know what you want to hear. I can think…

— Frank Herbert

“Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power," Tuek said. "You might find the…

— Frank Herbert

When he wanted, he could radiate charm and sincerity, but I often wonder in these later days if anything about him was…

— Frank Herbert

Most lives are a flight from selfhood. Most prefer the truths of the stable. You stick your head into the stanchions and…

— Frank Herbert

“All of history is a malleable instrument in my hands. Ohhh, I have accumulated all of these pasts and I possess every…

— Frank Herbert

Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are…

— Frank Herbert

“When a Truthsayer's gifted by the drug, she can look many places in her memory - in her body's memory. We look…

— Frank Herbert

Demagogues are so easy to identify. They gesture a lot and speak with pulpit rhythms, using words that ring of religious fervour…

— Frank Herbert