Frank Herbert Quotes - Page 14

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• A human being can stand any amount of pain.

  Frank Herbert

  Pain, Humans, Human Beings

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• Unused power was like a marionette with visible strings, nobody holding them. A compelling attraction: I could make it dance.

  Frank Herbert

  Strings, Compelling, Visible

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.388, Penguin

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• Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing to the eye of God, that knowledge without action is empty. All men must see that the teaching of religion by rules and rote is largely a hoax. The proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you’ve always known.

  Frank Herbert

  Life, Attitude, Teaching

  Frank Herbert (2010). “Dune”, p.422, Hachette UK

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• The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.

  Frank Herbert

  Battle, Conflict, Wealth

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• The night is a tunnel ... a hole into tomorrow.

  Frank Herbert

  Night, Tunnels, Tomorrow

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• In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.

  Frank Herbert

  Church, Holiness, Pope

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• In politics, the tripod is he most unstable of all structures. It's be bad enough without the complication of a feudal trade culture which turns its back on most science.

  Frank Herbert

  Culture, Enough, Structure

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• I don't speak ... I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own.

  Frank Herbert

  Machines, Language, Speak

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Dune Messiah”, p.145, Penguin

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• Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy

  Frank Herbert

  Answers, Thrive, Entropy

  Frank Herbert (2017). “The Dosadi Experiment and The Eyes of Heisenberg: Two Classic Works of Science Fiction”, p.123, Tor Science Fiction

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• Prophets have a way of dying by violence.

  Frank Herbert

  Dying, Way, Violence

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

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• What do such machines really do? They increase the number of things we can do without thinking. Things we do without thinking-there’s the real danger.

  Frank Herbert

  Real, Thinking, Numbers

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.311, Penguin

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

  Frank Herbert

  Mistake, Self, Defense

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

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

  Frank Herbert

  Cells, Principles, Conflict

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

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

  Frank Herbert

  Religion, Progress, Statistics

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

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• To come under siege was the inevitable fate of power.

  Frank Herbert

  Fate, Power, Siege

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

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

  Frank Herbert

  Done, Answers, Problem

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

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

  Frank Herbert

  People, Useless, Vote

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

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

  Frank Herbert

  Ignorance, Brutality, Culture

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

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

  Frank Herbert

  Progress, Shields, Utopia

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

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• 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

  Powerful, Government, Judging

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

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

  Frank Herbert

  Sweet, Sweetest

  FRANK HERBERT (1969). “DUNE MESSIAH”

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• 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.

  Frank Herbert

  Taken, Voice, Giving

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

  Frank Herbert

  Inspirational, Book, Example

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• The successful writer listens to himself.

  Frank Herbert

  Successful

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• I cry for those not yet dead.

  Frank Herbert

  Compassion, Cry

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