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
self people want
[Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.] - Last words of Toure Bomoko
progress shields utopia
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.
real thinking numbers
What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking-there’s the real danger.
attitude princess knives
Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.' - from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan
song heart chords
There's hope left in these dusty chords. There's a song left in our rusty hearts. We are torn and frayed but love remains.
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.
church holiness pope
In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.
tolerance limits wells
To know a thing well, know it's limits; Only when pushed beyond it's tolerance will it's true nature be seen. -The Amtal Rule
princess men thinking
Think on it, Chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives.
storm gone
We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.
fighting men thinking
When he wanted, he could radiate charm and sincerity, but I often wonder in these later days if anything about him was as it seemed. I think now he was a man fighting constantly to escape the bars of an invisible cage.
life together needs
If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!
logic emotion curse
Emotions are the curse of logic.
consciousness penalties staring
Fear is the penalty of consciousness forced to stare at itself.