Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr.was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 October 1920
CityTacoma, WA
CountryUnited States of America
mistake taken thinking
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 power structures tend to be taken over by people who are corruptible. I don't think that the old saw about 'power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely' is accurate: I think power attracts the corruptible.
littles no-fear kill-me
I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once.
whirlwind religion-and-politics carts
When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows.
lessons teach shows
The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.
determination fate thinking
When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious.
grief victory aging
Grief is the price of victory.
enemy worst
We tend to become like the worst in those we oppose.
hypocrite selfless rebel
There has never been a truly selfless rebel, just hypocrites—conscious hypocrites or unconscious hypocrites, it’s all the same.
wise men slavery
This wise man observed that wealth is a tool of freedom. But the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
missing police dull
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 is the most prosperous criminal position available.
world another-world deafness
What senses do we lack that we cannot see or hear another world all around us?
time looks consciousness
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 is found in consciousness itself.
teaching past history
Those who would repeat the past must control the teaching of history.
war power-corrupts magnet
It is not that power corrupts but that power is a magnet to the corruptible.