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Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.

Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.

Frank Herbert
Civilization, Quality, Individual
Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.312, Penguin

Every civilization depends on the quality of the individuals it produces. If you over-organize humans, over-legalize them, suppress their urge to greatness-they cannot work and their civilization collapses.

Frank Herbert
Greatness, Civilization, Quality
Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.283, Penguin

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called "spannungsbogen" -- which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing.

Frank Herbert
Self, Desire, Quality
Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.253, Penguin

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

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

Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent natural regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it.

Frank Herbert
Quality, Dignity, Breathe

Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by puzzle-solving ability. It is in the creation of new puzzles reflecting what your senses report that you round out the definitions.

Frank Herbert
Quality, Definitions, Creation
Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.91, Penguin

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