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
numbers space molecules
Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. This is as true of humans as it is of gas molecules in a sealed flask. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who so survive.
being-real done research
Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it.
temptation warning safe
And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.
ecosystems niche realizing
The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realize about an ecosystem is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche.
life trust people
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
revelations barriers ultimate
Words themselves were the ultimate barrier to revelation.
faces face-your-fears climbs
Face your fears or they will climb over your back.
kindness cruelty
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
reliability action agree
Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.
substitutes
Education is no substitute for intelligence.
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.
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.
submission
Anything less than abject submission has to have some attack in it.
errors principles persistent
The most persistent principles in the universe are accident and error.