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Frank Herbert Quotes - Page 14

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Prophets have a way of dying by violence.

Prophets have a way of dying by violence.

Dying, Way, Violence

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.366, Penguin

It is said that there is a principle of conflict which originated with the single cell and has never deteriorated.

Cells, Principles, Conflict

Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.157, Penguin

To come under siege was the inevitable fate of power.

Fate, Power, Siege

"Dune Messiah". Book by Frank Herbert, 1969.

There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers. Nothing. Nothing can be done.

Done, Answers, Problem

Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.199, Penguin

People don't vote. Instinct tells them it's useless.

People, Useless, Vote

Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.146, Penguin

When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.

Mistake, Self, Defense

Frank Herbert (1999). “Dune”, Ace Hardcover

Religions often partake of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.

Religion, Progress, Statistics

Frank Herbert (1999). “Dune”, Ace Hardcover

The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.

Progress, Shields, Utopia

Frank Herbert (1999). “Dune”, Ace Hardcover

the meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture - it begins in the dignity with which we treat the dead

Ignorance, Brutality, Culture

Frank Herbert (1999). “Dune”, Ace Hardcover

There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin.

Powerful, Government, Judging

Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.180, Penguin

It was mostly sweet," he whispered, "and you were the sweetest of all.

Sweet, Sweetest

FRANK HERBERT (1969). “DUNE MESSIAH”

A voice hissed: "He sheds tears!" It was taken around the ring "Usal gives moisture to the dead!" He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.

Taken, Voice, Giving

One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.

Inspirational, Book, Example

The successful writer listens to himself.

Successful

We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans.

People, Humans

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.17, Penguin

I cry for those not yet dead.

Compassion, Cry

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.

Princess, Men, Thinking

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.421, Penguin

Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.

Art, Hands, Killing

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.267, Penguin

My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.

Father, Thinking, Profound

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.185, Penguin

The only past which endures lies wordlessly within you.

Lying, Past, Endure

Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.121, Penguin

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.

Ecosystems, Niche, Realizing

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.427, Penguin

The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our ideas changed.

Ideas, Ordinary, Want

Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.19, Penguin

The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.

Used, Ambiguity, Carrie

Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.120, Penguin

What is the son but an extension of the father?

Father, Son, Extensions

Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.43, Penguin

To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to escape into sleep and be alive only in the unconscious projections of his dream-creatures.

Dream, Sleep, Wish

Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.380, Penguin

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