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Frank Herbert Quotes - Page 10

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We never get far from wealth and all of its masks when we deal with power.

We never get far from wealth and all of its masks when we deal with power.

Power, Wealth, Mask

Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.151, Penguin

The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it.

Over It, Absolutes

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.410, Penguin

Law of the Minimum: "The worst potential competition for any organism can come from its own kind. The species consumes necessities. Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount. The least favourable condition controls the rate of growth."

Law, Competition, Growth

To the soul's desires The body listens What the flesh requires Keeps the heart imprisoned

Heart, Soul, Desire

Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.

Mountain, Littles, Tests

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.67, Penguin

Polish comes from the cities; wisdom from the desert.

Cities, Desert, Polish

Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Frank Herbert (2008). “The Road to Dune”, p.269, Macmillan

You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening.

People, Gentleman, Awakening

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.389, Penguin

To determine if you're human. Be silent.

Silent, Determine, Humans

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.16, Penguin

That is one of the Law's purposes, of course: to test the qualities of those who choose to employ it.

Law, Quality, Purpose

Frank Herbert (2002). “The Dosadi Experiment”, p.40, Macmillan

Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms.

Art, Perfection, Form

Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.86, Penguin

A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Wrath, Stones, Fool

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.225, Penguin

History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe.

Race, History, Invention

Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.352, Penguin

Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention.

Self, Attention, Demand

Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.159, Penguin

Men always fear things which move by themselves.

Moving, Men

Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.107, Penguin

Humans are almost always lonely.

Lonely, Humanity, Humans

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.29, Penguin

Fear is the mind-killer.

Fear, Mind, Killers

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.203, Penguin

Guilt starts as a feeling of failure.

Feelings, Guilt, Thrive

Frank Herbert (2012). “Dune: The Gateway Collection”, p.288, Hachette UK

The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we do to each other.

Law, Violence, Grew Up

Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.148, Penguin

Power tends to isolate those who hold too much of it. Eventually, they lose touch with reality ... and fall.

Fall, Power, Reality

Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.85, Penguin

Parting with friends is a sadness. A place is only a place.

Sadness, Parting

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.33, Penguin

All proofs inevitably lead to propositions which have no proof! All things are known because we want to believe in them.

Believe, Want, Proof

Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.158, Penguin

You aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.

Thinking, Judgement, Risk

Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.213, Penguin

The whole universe sat there, open to the man who could make the right decisions.

Men, Decision, He Man

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.159, Penguin

We never completely escape the teachers of our childhood nor any of the patterns that formed us.

Teacher, Teaching, Childhood

Frank Herbert (1987). “Heretics of Dune”, p.316, Penguin

A world is supported by four things: the learning of wise, the justice of great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing without a ruler who knows the art of ruling.

Wise, Art, Prayer

"Dune: The Gateway Collection". Book by Frank Herbert, 2012.

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