970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous precision?

Fannie Mae had aroused his anger, then reduced his anger to verbal breast-beating, and finally to silent hurt. Still, the love remained. Why?

Most civilisation is based on cowardice. It's so easy to civilize by teaching cowardice. You water down the standards which would lead to bravery. You restrain the will. You regulate the appetites. You fence in the horizons. You make a law for every movement. You deny the existence of chaos. You teach even the children to breathe slowly. You tame.

Що доброго в законах і в'язницях, якщо порушення закону не є гріхом?

Where pain predominates, agony can be a valued teacher. — Dosadi aphorism

Law must retain useful ways to break with traditional forms because nothing is more certain than that the forms of Law remain when all justice is gone.— Gowachin aphorism

Knowing where the trap is—that's the first step in evading it.

Behold, as a wild ass in the desert, go I forth to my work.

Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.