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
stupidity remember conformity
Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.
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.
revenge tables violence
The oppressed always learned from and copied the oppressor. When the tables were turned, the stage was set for another round of revenge and violence -- roles reversed. And reversed and reversed ad nauseam.
book people needs
What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.
technology tools faces
Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we're compelled to face.
path stagnation
That path leads ever down into stagnation.
submission
Anything less than abject submission has to have some attack in it.
race history invention
History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe.