Brian Herbert

“My Sihaya,’ he said as he held her, ‘I have loved you for five thousand years.”

— Brian Herbert

Anything imagined can be made real ... given sufficient genius.

— Brian Herbert

“We are trained to believe and not to know.”

— Brian Herbert

“The Unknown surrounds us at any given moment. That is where we seek knowledge.”

— Brian Herbert

There is no man so blind as one who has made up his mind.

— Brian Herbert

“I cannot grasp the magnitude of your evil” “Proof that you lack imagination”

— Brian Herbert

“Each life is the sum total of its moments.”

— Brian Herbert

“There is no reality -- only our own order imposed on everything.”

— Brian Herbert

“A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive. — FRANK HERBERT, unpublished notes”

— Brian Herbert

In the heat of battle, heroes emerge, sometimes from the most unlikely of sources.

— Brian Herbert

“Most histories are written by the winners of conflicts, but those written by the losers—if they survive—are often more interesting.”

— Brian Herbert

“...the Baron felt cold inside, certain that even the most careful manipulations would not stand up to the close scrutiny of these…

— Brian Herbert

The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of…

— Brian Herbert

“Once you have explored a fear, it becomes less terrifying. Part of courage comes from extending our knowledge.”

— Brian Herbert

“There is a certain hubris to science, a belief that the more we develop technology and the more we learn, the better…

— Brian Herbert

It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leader without question.

— Brian Herbert

“Even the poorest House can be rich in loyalty. Allegiance that must be purchased by bribes or wages is hollow and flawed,…

— Brian Herbert

“We create our own future by our own beliefs, which control our actions. A strong enough belief system, a sufficiently powerful conviction,…

— Brian Herbert

“What is this Love that so many speak of with such apparent familiarity? Do they truly comprehend how unattainable it is? Are…

— Brian Herbert

“...the tough philosophy of Ginaz taught that there were no accidents, no excuses for failure. Every event was the result of a…

— Brian Herbert

“We are animals, yet are expected to be so much more. Although honor requires us to make altruistic decisions, even acting for…

— Brian Herbert

“Some say it is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven. That is a defeatist attitude. I intend to rule…

— Brian Herbert

“Address the solvable first, instructs the father by way of teaching his son crisis management. That way, he counsels, there is less…

— Brian Herbert

“Some say that the anticipation of a thing is better than the thing itself. In my view, this is utter nonsense. Any…

— Brian Herbert

“ Aristotle raped reason. He implanted in the dominant schools of philosophy the attractive belief that there can be discrete separation between…

— Brian Herbert

“I'm a thinker. That is what I do, in great depth and detail, every waking moment of the day. I like to…

— Brian Herbert

“Religion is the emulation of the adult by the child. Religion is the encystment of past beliefs: mythology, which is guesswork, the…

— Brian Herbert

“Human imagination is a powerful thing. It can be a sanctuary from difficult times, a catalyst to change society, or the impetus…

— Brian Herbert

“ ‘I must not fear,’ ” she intoned, her eyes closed. “ ‘Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I…

— Brian Herbert

Fear invites aggression - do not show it to a predator.

— Brian Herbert

“We are indeed miserable, my friends, but we don’t have to be dismal about it.”

— Brian Herbert

“The greatest relevancy can become irrelevant in the space of a heartbeat.”

— Brian Herbert

How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.

— Brian Herbert

“We must face our responsibilities regardless of whether we get what we want.”

— Brian Herbert

Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.

— Brian Herbert

“You carve wounds upon my flesh and write there in salt!”

— Brian Herbert

“Look inside yourself and you can see the universe.”

— Brian Herbert

The man who sees an opportunity and does nothing is asleep with his eyes open.

— Brian Herbert

Wounds make better lessons than lectures.

— Brian Herbert

An ignorant friend is worse than a learned foe.

— Brian Herbert