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
love inspirational life
The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.
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Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
believe order filters
If enough of us believe, a new thing can be made to exist. Belief structure creates a filter through which chaos is sifted into order.
lying path danger
The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.
He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.
lying ifs
If you live in bad faith, lies will appear to you like the truth.
lying believe demand
Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then.
lying past endure
The only past which endures lies wordlessly within you.
lying people reason
We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.
men needs looks
When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles
fear mind killers
Fear is the mind-killer.
thinking people mediocrity
Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.
believe trying mediocrity
I'm going to rub your faces in things you try to avoid. I don't find it strange that all you want to believe is only that which comforts you. How else do humans invent the traps which betray us into mediocrity? How else do we define cowardice?
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FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.