970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

In a changing universe, only a changing species can hope to be immortal and then only if its eggs are nurtured in widely scattered environments. This predicts a wealth of unique individuals. — Insights (a glimpse of early Human philosophy), BuSab Text

No legal system can maintain justice unless every participant — magisters, prosecutors, Legums, defendants, witnesses, all — risks life itself in whatever dispute comes before the bar. Everything must be risked in the Courtarena. If any element remains outside the contest and without personal risk, justice inevitably fails. — Gowachin Law

You never talk of likelihoods on Arrakis. You speak only of possibilities.

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.

Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available.

How would we flood village and city with our information? The people must learn how well I govern them. How would they know if we didn't tell them?

Is there some frontier?" Idaho asked. "Is there some frontier where I could go and never again be part of this?""If there is to be any frontier, you must help me create it," Leto said.

For the Gowachin, to stand alone against all adversity is the most sacred moment of existence. — The Gowachin, a BuSab analysis

Do not be trapped by the need to achieve anything. This way, you achieve everything.