970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

Some lies are easier to believe than the truth.

Gurney says there’s no artistry in killing with the tip, that it should be done with the edge.

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas.

Computers can be made to direct the performance of any machine.

There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace— those qualities you find always in that which the true artist captures.

A single obscure decision of prophecy, perhaps the choice of one word over another, could change the entire aspect of the future. He tells us “The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.

There has never been a truly selfless rebel, just hypocrites conscious hypocrites or unconscious hypocrites, it's all the same.