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
logic emotion curse
Emotions are the curse of logic.
progress shields utopia
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.
bees enough
The day hums sweetly when you have enough bees working for you.
reeds young peril
The young reed dies so easily. Beginnings are times of great peril.
doors long violence
Argument closes off the doors of the senses. It always masks violence. Continued too long, argument always leads to violence.
precision repeats monotonous
Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous precision?
survival important ability-to-change
The most important survival ability for any life form is the ability to change.
battle wealth conflict
The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.
dream sleep wish
To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to escape into sleep and be alive only in the unconscious projections of his dream-creatures.
entertainment journalism entertainment-business
Journalism is the entertainment business.
taken voice giving
A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!" It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!" He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.
technology people risk
Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how destructive this can be, how it imposes severe limits on variability and thus makes whole populations fatally vulnerable to the shocking ways our universe can throw the dice.
rulers
A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel.
path mediocrity caution
Caution is the path to mediocrity.