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
silent determine humans
To determine if you're human. Be silent.
mistake hero problem
Enormous problems arise when human mistakes are made on the grand scale available to a superhero... Heroes are painful, superheroes are a catastrophe. The mistakes of superheroes involve too many of us in disaster.
machinery gross ambiguous
Words are such gross machinery, so primitive and ambiguous.
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.
lessons teach shows
The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.
humanity contribution oneself
The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.
mistake data entrepreneur
Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.
mistake data entrepreneur
Making workable choices occurs in a crucible of informative mistakes. Thus Intelligence accepts fallibility. And when absolute (infallible) choices are not known, Intelligence takes chances with limited data in an arena where mistakes are not only possible but also necessary.
tone comedy psychological
Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties....and the striving for something better, plus the fear that nothing would come of it all.
democracy scapegoat electorate
Democracy is susceptible to being led astray by having scapegoats paraded in front of the electorate.
surroundings companion
Most of us choose our companions and surroundings to reflect ourselves.
sleepers
the sleeper must awaken
logic emotion curse
Emotions are the curse of logic.
reeds young peril
The young reed dies so easily. Beginnings are times of great peril.