970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

I never thought it would be easy to serve God," she said. "I just didn't think it would be this hard.

Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention.

It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.

There will be sadness," Alia intoned. "I remind you that all things are but beginning, forever beginning. Worlds wait to be conquered. Some within the sound of my voice will attain exalted destinies. You will sneer at the past, forgetting what I tell you now: within all differences there is unity.

Desperate people are the most dangerous.

One moment of incompetence can be fatal.

Bureaucracy destroys initiative. There is little that bureaucrats hate more than innovation, especially innovation that produces better results than the old routines. Improvements always make those at the top of the heap look inept. Who enjoys appearing inept?

The test of a man isn’t what you think he’ll do. It’s what he actually does.

I point out to you, Marcus Claire Luyseyal, a lesson from past over-machined societies which you appear not to have learned. The devices themselves condition theusers to employ each other the way they employ machines.