Frank Herbert Quotes
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151. “Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?”

— Frank Herbert

152. “Most deadly errors arise from obsolete assumptions.”

— Frank Herbert

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

— Frank Herbert

154. “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

155. “To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe.”

— Frank Herbert

156. “A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.”

— Frank Herbert

157. “The most important survival ability for any life form is the ability to change.”

— Frank Herbert

158. “If you live in bad faith, lies will appear to you like the truth.”

— Frank Herbert

159. “Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained.”

— Frank Herbert

160. “When a wise man does not understand, he says: “I do not understand.” The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.”

— Frank Herbert

161. “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.”

— Frank Herbert

162. “If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.”

— Frank Herbert

163. “Ask what Infinity might produce and the only answer possible was, “Anything.” Any good, any evil; any god, any devil.”

— Frank Herbert

164. “Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.”

— Frank Herbert

165. “Once human beings realize something can be done, they’re not satisfied until they’ve done it.”

— Frank Herbert

166. “The act of saying that things exist that cannot be described in words shakes a universe where words are the supreme belief.”

— Frank Herbert

167. “When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows.”

— Frank Herbert

168. “Then came the Butlerian Jihad – two generations of chaos. The god of machine-logic was overthrown among the masses and a new concept was raised: “Man may not be replaced.” Those.”

— Frank Herbert

169. “She had quoted a Bene Gesserit proverb to him: “When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement becomes headlong – faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s too late.” Paul.”

— Frank Herbert

170. “The Fremen have a saying they credit to Shai-hulud, Old Father Eternity,’ he said. ‘They say: “Be prepared to appreciate what you meet.”

— Frank Herbert

171. “There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. – Muad’Dib.”

— Frank Herbert

172. “El misterio de la vida no es problema que hay que resolver, sino una realidad que hay que experimentar.”

— Frank Herbert

173. “What senses do we lack that we cannot see or hear another world all around us?”

— Frank Herbert

174. “A man’s flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe.”

— Frank Herbert

175. “Every civilization must contend with an unconscious force which can block, betray, or countermand almost any conscious intention of the collectivity.”

— Frank Herbert

176. “When a creature has developed into one thing, he will choose death rather than change into his opposite.”

— Frank Herbert

177. “Humans have a tendency to complain whenever the old must give way to the new. But change is the natural way of the universe, and we must learn to embrace it rather than fear it. The very process of transformation and adaptation strengthens the species.”

— Frank Herbert

178. “Religion, too, is a weapon. What manner of weapon is religion when it becomes the government?”

— Frank Herbert

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

— Frank Herbert

180. “Science is made up of so many things that appear obvious after they are explained.”

— Frank Herbert

181. “Beware jargon. It usually hides ignorance and carries little knowledge.”

— Frank Herbert

182. “The best prophets lead you up to the curtain and let you peer through for yourself.”

— Frank Herbert

183. “You do not take from this universe. It grants you what it will.”

— Frank Herbert

184. “There’s no mystery about a human life. It’s not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.”

— Frank Herbert

185. “If we define Futurism as an exploration beyond accepted limits, then the nature of limiting systems becomes the first object of exploration.”

— Frank Herbert

186. “You should never be in the company of anyone with whom you would not want to die.”

— Frank Herbert

187. “Paradox is a pointer telling you to look beyond it. If paradoxes bother you, that betrays your deep desire for absolutes. The relativist treats a paradox merely as interesting, perhaps amusing or even, dreadful thought, educational.”

— Frank Herbert

188. “We are generalists. You can’t draw neat lines around planet-wide problems. Planetology is a cut-and-fit science.”

— Frank Herbert

189. “The young reed dies so easily. Beginnings are times of great peril.”

— Frank Herbert

190. “Most believe that a satisfactory future requires a return to an idealized past, a past which never in fact existed.”

— Frank Herbert

191. “Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking.”

— Frank Herbert

192. “Peace demands solutions, but we never reach living solutions; we only work toward them. A fixed solution is, by definition, a dead solution. The trouble with peace is that it tends to punish mistakes instead of rewarding brilliance. –.”

— Frank Herbert

193. “Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.”

— Frank Herbert

194. “How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.”

— Frank Herbert

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

— Frank Herbert

196. “Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife – chopping off what’s incomplete and saying: “Now, it’s complete because it’s ended here.”

— Frank Herbert

197. “Major flaw in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen.”

— Frank Herbert

198. “When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious.”

— Frank Herbert

199. “Divide and rule, subdivide and rule even more powerfully, fragment and rule absolutely.” “That’s.”

— Frank Herbert

200. “It’s easier to be terrified by an enemy you admire.”

— Frank Herbert