All Frank Herbert Quotes
- It is not that power corrupts but that power is a magnet to the corruptible. Corruptible
- Greatness is a transitory experience. It is never consistent. It depends in part upon the myth-making imagination of humankind. The person who experiences greatness must… Consistent
- Grief is the price of victory. Aging
- All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of… All
- When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious. Cautious
- Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it. Beings
- A storm is coming; our storm. Emperor - we come for you! Atheism
- I cry for those not yet dead. Compassion
- The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it. Fiction
- Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces. Civilization
- The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences Consequence
- War is behavior with roots in the single cell of the primeval seas. Eat whatever you touch or it will eat you. Antiwar
- If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken. Eye
- When your opponent fears you, then's the moment when you give the fear its own rein, give it the time to work on him. Let… Attacks
- All proofs inevitably lead to propositions which have no proof! All things are known because we want to believe in them. All
- Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed. Believe
- Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity. Bureaucracies
- Sympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most perilous are the unconscious sympathies directing you to preserve your enemy intact… Alike
- The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these… Absolute
- If there is a difference between what is said and what is done, only a fool believes what was said. Believe
- Kindness is the beginning of cruelty. Beginning
- It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich. Contented
- Ultimately, all things are known because you want to believe you know. All
- Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion. Bureaucracy
- Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to hold… Affair