970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

There's hope left in these dusty chords. There's a song left in our rusty hearts. We are torn and frayed but love remains.

I live in an apocalyptic dream. My steps fit into it so precisely that I fear most of all I will grow bored reliving the thing so exactly.

Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty.

Answers are a perilous grip on the universe. They can appear sensible yet explain nothing.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

Riots and comedy are but symptoms of the times, profoundly revealing. They betray the psychological tone, the deep uncertainties....and the striving for something better, plus the fear that nothing would come of it all.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's execution that counts.

Ready comprehension is often a knee-jerk response and the most dangerous form of understanding. It blinks an opaque screen over your ability to learn. The judgmental precedents of law function that way, littering your path with dead ends. Be warned. Understand nothing. All comprehension is temporary.