All Frank Herbert Quotes
- Knowing where the trap is-- that's the first step in evading it. Evading
- Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die. Any
- Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it. But it’s a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, these… Actual
- Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. Human
- It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future. Difficult
- I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Some people never observe anything, Life just happens to them. They get by on little more than a… Anger
- And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation. Choose
- We tend to become like the worst in those we oppose. Become Like
- What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people. Him
- There has never been a truly selfless rebel, just hypocrites—conscious hypocrites or unconscious hypocrites, it’s all the same. All
- Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to… Ambiguity
- This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery. Freedom
- When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles Identify
- We have eternity, beloved." "You may have eternity. I have only now." "But this is eternity. Beloved
- It was mostly sweet," he whispered, "and you were the sweetest of all. All
- Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing… Action
- Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of… Authority
- Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve. Achieve
- What senses do we lack that we cannot see or hear another world all around us? All
- Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines… Enslave
- Time is a measure of space, just as a range-finder is a measure of space, but measuring locks us into the place we measure. Finder
- Time can also be a place.... Everything depends on where you are standing, on where you look or what you hear. The measure of it… Consciousness
- Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history. Control
- Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. From
- To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be. Attempt