970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

What are you, child, that you need time to learn about yourself?

There's a lesson in every temptation.

Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.

Does a population have informed consent when a ruling minority acts in secret to ignite a war, doing this to justify the existence of the minority's forces? [...] failure to provide full information for informed consent on such an issue represents an ultimate crime.

Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.

Enemies strengthn you. Allies weaken you.

And always, he fought the temptation to choose a clear, safe course, warning 'That path leads ever down into stagnation.

The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian.