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
balance care delicate
A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct.
law drug-prohibition
Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit.
substitutes
Education is no substitute for intelligence.
anger men angry-man
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
feelings guilt thrive
Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.
spices sci-fi science-fiction
He who controls the spice controls the universe.
teaching ease failing
Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known.
peers prophet curtains
The best prophets lead you up to the curtain and let you peer through for yourself.
law personal-qualities government
Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.
mind belief infinite
Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.
mistake fighting men
When your opponent fears you, then's the moment when you give the fear its own rein, give it the time to work on him. Let it become terror. The terrified man fights himself. Eventually, he attacks in desperation. That is the most dangerous moment, but the terrified man can be trusted usually to make a fatal mistake. You are being trained here to detect these mistakes and use them.
strings compelling visible
Unused power was like a marionette with visible strings, nobody holding them. A compelling attraction: I could make it dance.
god men separation
There exists no separation between gods and men; one blends softly casual into the other.
opposites longing
Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you.