--- title: "19 Way Quotes By Frank Herbert" description: "19 Way quotes by Frank Herbert. Plus more from Frank Herbert and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/frank-herbert-262_dying_prophets-have-a-way-of-dying-by-violence_703029.jpg" --- > [Prophets have a way of dying by violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/prophets-have-a-way-of-dying-by-violence/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/frank-herbert-262_dying_prophets-have-a-way-of-dying-by-violence_703029.jpg) > [Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/thinking-you-know-something-is-a-sure-way-to-blind-yourself/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/frank-herbert-262_blind_thinking-you-know-something-is-a-sure-wa_1062161.jpg) > [Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/always-prepare-secondary-ways-of-dealing-with-problems/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/frank-herbert-262_dealing-with-problem_always-prepare-secondary-ways-of-dealing_2107899.jpg) > [Love is not a mood, but a dynamic way of being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/love-is-not-a-mood-but-a-dynamic-way-of-being/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/frank-herbert-262_inspirational_love-is-not-a-mood-but-a-dynamic-way-of_2104402.jpg) > [This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/this-wise-man-observed-that-wealth-is-a-tool-of-freedom-but-the/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/frank-herbert-262_freedom_this-wise-man-observed-that-wealth-is-a_1495618.jpg) > [The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/the-surest-way-to-keep-a-secret-is-to-make-someone-think-they-already/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/frank-herbert-262_answers_the-surest-way-to-keep-a-secret-is-to-ma_22736.jpg) > [The surest way to keep a secret is to make people believe they already know the answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/the-surest-way-to-keep-a-secret-is-to-make-people-believe-they/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf9/frank-herbert-262_answers_the-surest-way-to-keep-a-secret-is-to-ma_1883684.jpg) > [The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/the-person-who-takes-the-banal-and-ordinary-and-illuminates-it-in-a/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/928/frank-herbert-262_changed_the-person-who-takes-the-banal-and-ordin_2337709.jpg) > [The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/the-mind-can-go-either-direction-under-stress-toward-positive-or/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/frank-herbert-262_ends_the-mind-can-go-either-direction-under-s_2389622.jpg) > [The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/the-difference-between-sentiment-and-being-sentimental-is-the/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/974/frank-herbert-262_differences_the-difference-between-sentiment-and-bei_3152377.jpg) > [All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/all-men-seek-to-be-enlightened-religion-is-but-the-most-ancient-and/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/770/frank-herbert-262_ancient_all-men-seek-to-be-enlightened-religion_1025220.jpg) > [“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/when-religion-and-politics-travel-in-the-same-cart-the-riders-believe/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e8/frank-herbert-262_believe_when-religion-and-politics-travel-in-the_1777338.jpg) > [Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/irreverence-is-a-most-necessary-ingredient-of-religion-not-to-speak/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/frank-herbert-262_importance_irreverence-is-a-most-necessary-ingredie_501295.jpg) > [Ready comprehension is often a knee-jerk response and the most dangerous form of understanding. It blinks an opaque screen over your ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/ready-comprehension-is-often-a-knee-jerk-response-and-the-most/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/frank-herbert-262_ability_ready-comprehension-is-often-a-knee-jerk_348120.jpg) > [We’ve lost something vital, I tell you. When we lost it, we lost the ability to make good decisions. We fall upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/we-ve-lost-something-vital-i-tell-you-when-we-lost-it-we-lost-the/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/frank-herbert-262_ability_we-ve-lost-something-vital-i-tell-you-wh_1036323.jpg) > [Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/technology-tends-toward-avoidance-of-risks-by-investors-uncertainty/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c76/frank-herbert-262_avoidance_technology-tends-toward-avoidance-of-ris_3036301.jpg) > [We sift reality through screens composed of ideas . (And such ideas have their roots in older ideas.) Such idea systems are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/we-sift-reality-through-screens-composed-of-ideas-and-such-ideas-have/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc9/frank-herbert-262_cutting_we-sift-reality-through-screens-composed_3078742.jpg) > [Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your life. The object can be stated this way: Live the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/confine-yourself-to-observing-and-you-always-miss-the-point-of-your/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/frank-herbert-262_balance_confine-yourself-to-observing-and-you-al_910741.jpg) > [This is the awe-inspiring universe of magic: There are no atoms, only waves and motions all around. Here, you discard all belief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/this-is-the-awe-inspiring-universe-of-magic-there-are-no-atoms-only/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d82/frank-herbert-262_atoms_this-is-the-awe-inspiring-universe-of-ma_881225.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Frank Herbert > [“He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/he-who-can-destroy-a-thing-has-the-real-control-of-it/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [“A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/a-leader-you-see-is-one-of-the-things-that-distinguishes-a-mob-from-a/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [“I will tell you this only once. Homosexuals have been among the best warriors in our history, the berserkers of last resort. They were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/i-will-tell-you-this-only-once-homosexuals-have-been-among-the-best/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [“Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/between-depriving-a-man-of-one-hour-from-his-life-and-depriving-him/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/the-surest-way-to-keep-a-secret-is-to-make-someone-think-they-already/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [“how inevitable it was that the aristocrat would refuse his final duty—which was to step aside and vanish into history.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/how-inevitable-it-was-that-the-aristocrat-would-refuse-his-final-duty/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [“What we should have done was test the gift first. We should have probed for dangers. We were too bedazzled by it, though.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/what-we-should-have-done-was-test-the-gift-first-we-should-have/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [“Have you noticed, Stil, how beautiful the young women are this year?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/have-you-noticed-stil-how-beautiful-the-young-women-are-this-year/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/humans-are-born-with-a-susceptibility-to-that-most-persistent-and/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [Face your fears or they will climb over your back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/face-your-fears-or-they-will-climb-over-your-back/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/many-have-marked-the-speed-with-which-muad-dib-learned-the/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [“The assumption that a whole system can be made to work better through an assault on its conscious elements betrays a dangerous ignorance. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/the-assumption-that-a-whole-system-can-be-made-to-work-better-through/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/the-power-to-destroy-a-thing-is-the-absolute-control-over-it/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/providence-and-manifest-destiny-are-synonyms-often-invoked-to-support/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) > [If you ask "Should we be in space?" you ask a nonsense question. We are in space. We will be in space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/if-you-ask-should-we-be-in-space-you-ask-a-nonsense-question-we-are/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/frank-herbert/#itemlist", "name": "19 Way Quotes By Frank Herbert", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Prophets have a way of dying by violence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Herbert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/prophets-have-a-way-of-dying-by-violence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/frank-herbert-262_dying_prophets-have-a-way-of-dying-by-violence_703029.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/frank-herbert-262_dying_prophets-have-a-way-of-dying-by-violence_703029.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/frank-herbert-262_dying_prophets-have-a-way-of-dying-by-violence_703029.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Prophets have a way of dying by violence.” — Frank Herbert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Herbert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/thinking-you-know-something-is-a-sure-way-to-blind-yourself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/frank-herbert-262_blind_thinking-you-know-something-is-a-sure-wa_1062161.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/frank-herbert-262_blind_thinking-you-know-something-is-a-sure-wa_1062161.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e03/frank-herbert-262_blind_thinking-you-know-something-is-a-sure-wa_1062161.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself.” — Frank Herbert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Herbert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/always-prepare-secondary-ways-of-dealing-with-problems/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/frank-herbert-262_dealing-with-problem_always-prepare-secondary-ways-of-dealing_2107899.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/frank-herbert-262_dealing-with-problem_always-prepare-secondary-ways-of-dealing_2107899.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/frank-herbert-262_dealing-with-problem_always-prepare-secondary-ways-of-dealing_2107899.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.” — Frank Herbert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is not a mood, but a dynamic way of being.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Herbert" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/love-is-not-a-mood-but-a-dynamic-way-of-being/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/frank-herbert-262_inspirational_love-is-not-a-mood-but-a-dynamic-way-of_2104402.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/frank-herbert-262_inspirational_love-is-not-a-mood-but-a-dynamic-way-of_2104402.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/frank-herbert-262_inspirational_love-is-not-a-mood-but-a-dynamic-way-of_2104402.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love is not a mood, but a dynamic way of being.” — Frank Herbert", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. 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