All Frank Herbert Quotes
- To come under siege was the inevitable fate of power. Fate
- If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't want to make… Advice
- Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy Answer
- When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than… Aware
- The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger. Danger
- Ecology is often confused with environmentalism, while in fact, environmentalism often leaves out the fact that people, too, can be a legitimate part of an… Animal
- Humans are almost always lonely. Almost Always
- The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself. Best
- Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create new injustice by his claim and thus set the bloody… Belongs
- A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. Any
- FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION. Brings
- Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. Funny
- Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible. Appearing
- Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-they cannot work and… Cannot Work
- Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent natural regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into… Breathe
- Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary. Arena
- Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not know, Intelligence takes chances… Absolute
- . . . is to attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing Darkness. It cannot be. Attempt
- I hear the wind blowing across the desert and I see the moons of a winter night rising like great ships in the void. To… Across
- Life - all life - is in the service of life. Necessary nutrients are made available to life by life in greater and greater richness… Alive