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• Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

  Frank Herbert

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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

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• Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity. The young must be dampened down. Never let them know how good they can be. That brings change. Spend lots of committee time talking about how to deal with exceptional students. Don't spend any time dealing with how the conventional teacher feels threatened by emerging talents and squelches them because of a deep-seated desire to feel superior and safe in a safe environment.

  Frank Herbert

  Teacher, Children, Educational

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• Most lives are a flight from selfhood. Most prefer the truths of the stable. You stick your head into the stanchions and munch contentedly until you die. Others use you for their purposes. Not once do you look outside the stable to lift your head and be your own creature.

  Frank Herbert

  Self, Use, Sticks

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• Education is no substitute for intelligence.

  Frank Herbert

  Substitutes

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.90, Penguin

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• Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.

  Frank Herbert

  Art, Candid, Concealing

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.142, Penguin

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• There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.

  Frank Herbert

  Real, Writing, Stories

  Interview with Willis McNelly, www.sinanvural.com. February 3, 1969.

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• Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.

  Frank Herbert

  Life, Real, Princess

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.323, Penguin

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• It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future.

  Frank Herbert

  Happiness, Past, Waste

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• A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken.

  Frank Herbert

  Sleep, New Experiences, Needs

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• All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

  Frank Herbert

  War, Power Corrupts, Magnet

  "Chapterhouse: Dune".

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• Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.

  Frank Herbert

  Research, Produce, Organized

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.425, Penguin

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• If you live in bad faith, lies will appear to you like the truth.

  Frank Herbert

  Lying, Ifs

  Frank Herbert (2008). “God Emperor of Dune”, p.364, Penguin

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• It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

  Frank Herbert

  Wise, Men, Doe

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• When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles

  Frank Herbert

  Men, Principles, Rebel

  Frank Herbert (1983). “God Emperor of Dune”

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• Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then.

  Frank Herbert

  Lying, Believe, Demand

  Frank Herbert (1984). “God Emperor of Dune”

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• The greatest and most important problems of life cannot be solved. They can only be outgrown.

  Frank Herbert

  Important, Problem

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• To stand alone against all adversity is the most sacred moment of existence.

  Frank Herbert

  Adversity, Sacred, Moments

  Frank Herbert (2002). “The Dosadi Experiment”, p.285, Macmillan

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• When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them

  Frank Herbert

  People, Gathering, Cliffs

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• If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't want to make my grandfather's mistakes today.

  Frank Herbert

  Life, Mistake, Advice

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• Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

  Frank Herbert

  Reliability, Action, Agree

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.110, Penguin

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• 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

  Wise, Ignorance, Men

  "The Godmakers". Book by Frank Herbert, 1972.

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• Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we're compelled to face.

  Frank Herbert

  Technology, Tools, Faces

  "The Maker of Dune: Insights of a Master of Science Fiction". Book edited by Tim O'Reilly, "Conversations in Port Townsend," (1983), 1987.

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• Silence is often the best thing to say.

  Frank Herbert

  Silence, Silence Is, Best Things

  Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.105, Penguin

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• Nature does not make mistakes. Right and wrong are human categories.

  Frank Herbert

  Inspirational, Life, Nature

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• We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.

  Frank Herbert

  Lying, People, Reason

  Frank Herbert (2002). “The Dosadi Experiment”, p.19, Macmillan

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