Frank Herbert Quotes - Page 13

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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.

  Frank Herbert

  Peace, War, Impossible

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

  Frank Herbert

  Life, Together, Needs

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

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• What greater gift is there than to demonstrate you need not fear death?

  Frank Herbert

  Death, Needs, Fear Of Death

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.395, Penguin

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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.

  Frank Herbert

  Home, Understanding, Revolution

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

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• the sleeper must awaken.

  Frank Herbert

  Sleepers

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

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

  Frank Herbert

  Life, Heart, Men

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

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

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  Submission

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• Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob.

  Frank Herbert

  People, Balance

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• Fear is the penalty of consciousness forced to stare at itself.

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  Consciousness, Penalties, Staring

  Frank Herbert (2002). “The Green Brain”, p.121, Macmillan

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• Paired opposites define your longings and those longings imprison you.

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  Opposites, Longing

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.393, Penguin

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• Emotions are the curse of logic.

  Frank Herbert

  Emotion, Logic, Curse

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• Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.

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  Mind, Machines, Humans

  Frank Herbert (2010). “Children Of Dune: The Third Dune Novel”, p.80, Hachette UK

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• Most of us choose our companions and surroundings to reflect ourselves.

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  Surroundings, Companion

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.155, Penguin

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• The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty. Leto II

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  Attention, Draws, Ultimate

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

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• Time is a measure of space, just as a range-finder is a measure of space, but measuring locks us into the place we measure.

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  Time, Space, Locks

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

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• Does a population have informed consent when a ruling minority acts in secret to ignite a war, doing this to justify the existence of the minority's forces? ... Failure to provide full information for informed consent on such an issue represents an ultimate crime.

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  War, Issues, Secret

  "The Dosadi Experiment" by Frank Herbert, (p. 246), 1977.

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• To see eternity was to be exposed to eternity's whims, oppressed by endless dimensions.

  Frank Herbert

  Dimensions, Eternity, Endless

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.156, Penguin

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• Chance is the nature of our universe. [...] madness represents a chaotic reservoir of surprises. Some surprises can be valuable.

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  Chance, Madness, Surprise

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• 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.

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  Quality, Definitions, Creation

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

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