970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

Surely not a palm lock, she told herself. A palm lock must be keyed to one individual’s hand shape and palm lines. But it looked like a palm lock. And there were ways to open any palm lock – as she had learned at school.

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

He understood terrible purposes. They drove against all odds. They were their own necessity. Paul felt that he had been infected with terrible purpose. He did not know yet what the terrible purpose was.

How could he deny the jewels of posterity within his loins?

The Golden Path demands it. And what is the Golden Path? you ask. It is the survival of humankind, nothing more nor less. We.

Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. This is the danger of entrenched bureaucracy to its subject population.

Once more the drama begins.′ – The Emperor Paul Muad’dib on his ascension to the Lion Throne.

I began with love and prayer,” Moneo said. “I changed to anger and rebellion. I was transformed into what you see before you. I recognize my duty and I do it.

But let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them.