Frank Herbert Quotes - Page 12

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• A ruler must learn to persuade and not to compel.

  Frank Herbert

  Rulers

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.34, Penguin

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• . . . is to attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing Darkness. It cannot be.

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  Truth, Light, Knowing

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.20, Penguin

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• No matter how exotic human civilization becomes, no matter the developments of life and society nor the complexity of the machine/human interface, there always come interludes of lonely power when the course of humankind, the very future of humankind, depends upon the relatively simple actions of single individual.

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  Lonely, Simple, Civilization

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.132, Penguin

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• For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life.

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  Grief, Sea, Purpose

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.183, Penguin

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• A storm is coming; our storm. Emperor - we come for you!

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  Fear, Atheism, Storm

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• There's a lesson in every temptation.

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  Temptation, Lessons

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.363, Penguin

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• Love is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species.

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  Love, Survival, Essentials

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Heretics of Dune”, p.24, Penguin

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• If you believe certain words, you believe their hidden arguments. When you believe something is right or wrong, true or false, you believe the assumptions in the words which express the arguments. Such assumptions are often full of holes, but remain most precious to the convinced.

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  Believe, True Or False, Assumption

  Frank Herbert (1984). “Children of Dune”, Berkley

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• Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it.

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  Science, Being Real, Done

  Frank Herbert (2014). “The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert”, p.149, Macmillan

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

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  Opposites, Creatures, One Thing

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.109, Penguin

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• Often I must speak otherwise than I think. This is called diplomacy.

  Frank Herbert

  Thinking, Speak, Diplomacy

  "Children of Dune".

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• Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.

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  Peace, War, Impossible

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• One of the best things to come out of the home computer revolution could be the general and widespread understanding of how severely limited logic really is.

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  Home, Understanding, Revolution

  Frank Herbert (1983). “Without Me You're Nothing: The Essential Guide to Home Computers”

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• If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!

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  Life, Together, Needs

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.187, Penguin

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• A person cries out in life because it's lonely and because life's been broken off from whatever created it. But no matter how much you hate life, you love it too. It's like a caldron boiling with everything you have to have, but very painful to the lips.

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  Lonely, Hate, Broken

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• To stay awake all night adds a day to your life.

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  Night, Add, Awake

  Frank Herbert (1984). “Children of Dune”, Berkley

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• What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.

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  People, Leader, Important

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.256, Penguin

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• the sleeper must awaken.

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  Sleepers

  "Fictional character: Duke Leto Atreides". "Dune", www.imdb.com. 1984.

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• There's an unwritten compact between you and the reader. If someone enters a bookstore and sets down hard earned money (energy) for your book, you owe that person some entertainment and as much more as you can give.

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  Book, Giving, Entertainment

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Heretics of Dune”, p.9, Penguin

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• The mind goes on working no matter how we try to hold it back.

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  Mind, Trying, Goes On

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.171, Penguin

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• We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.

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  Storm, Gone

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.213, Penguin

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• The hearts of all men dwell in the same wilderness.

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  Life, Heart, Men

  Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Frank Herbert (2008). “The Road to Dune”, p.306, Macmillan

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• Anything less than abject submission has to have some attack in it.

  Frank Herbert

  Submission

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• When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.

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  Law, Littles, Individual

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

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• Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob.

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  People, Balance

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