21 Quotes by Frank Herbert about religion



  • Author Frank Herbert
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    When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late.

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  • Author Frank Herbert
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    They are not mad. They're trained to believe, not to know. Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

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    Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

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    Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.

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