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
greatness imagination feelings
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 have a feeling for the myth he or she is in. That person must reflect what is projected upon him or her.
powerful men
A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful,
tree feelings fruit
I'm the well-trained fruit tree. Full of well-trained feelings and abilities and all of them grafted onto me
answers thrive entropy
Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy
way problem problem-solving
Always prepare secondary ways of dealing with problems.
law littles individual
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 an individual.
funny confused animal
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 ecosystem.
lonely humanity humans
Humans are almost always lonely.
humanity contribution oneself
The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.
revenge justice claims
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 pendulum of revenge into its inexorable motion
wise art prayer
A world is supported by four things: the learning of wise, the justice of great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.
greatness civilization quality
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 their civilization collapses.
quality dignity breathe
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 it.
mistake data entrepreneur
Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.