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
wish fishes casts
If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.
cities desert polish
Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert.
love-life self ideas
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 and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred.
deception illusion
The gift of words is the gift of deception and illusion.
strong moving greatness
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 must have a strong sense of the sardonic. This is what uncouples him from belief in his own pretensions. The sardonic is all that permits him to move within himself. Without this quality, even occasional greatness will destroy a man.
wisdom suffering too-much
Truth suffers from too much analysis.
demise mortality ends
To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror.
wise men doe
It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.
past luck survival
Clinging to any form of conservatism can be dangerous. Become too conservative and you are unprepared for surprises. You cannot depend on luck. Logic is blind and often knows only its own past. Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.
being-real done research
Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it.
soul might firsts
Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.
creativity requirements alive
A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive.
real mistake rocks
Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.
kindness cruelty
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.