All Frank Herbert Quotes
- A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken. Allowing
- Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible. Absolute
- The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty. Leto II Attention
- Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules… Beyond
- The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion. Deception
- The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life… Bodies
- He who controls the spice controls the universe. Controls
- She looked at patches of blackness. Black is a blind remembering, she thought. Black
- The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we intend toward each other. Between depriving a man… Consumed
- Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy… Act
- To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to… Alive
- If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets. All
- Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and predator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating… Alike
- The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. Experience
- I am not the river I am the net. Inspirational
- The person who experiences greatness must have a feeling for the myth he is in. He must reflect what is projected upon him. And he… All
- the sleeper must awaken Awaken
- Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond… Always One
- There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh. Discover
- Most men go through life unchallenged, except at the final moment. Except