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Upon Quotes by Frank Herbert
- 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…
- Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.
- What you of the CHOAM directorate seem unable to understand is that you seldom find real loyalties in commerce ... Men must want to do…
- Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will…
- The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces…
- This is the awe-inspiring universe of magic: There are no atoms, only waves and motions all around. Here, you discard all belief in barriers to…
- 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…
- 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…
- We’ve lost something vital, I tell you. When we lost it, we lost the ability to make good decisions. We fall upon decisions these days…
- If you focus your awareness only upon your own rightness, then you invite the forces of opposition to overwhelm you.
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