970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

The ferocity we show our foes must be tempered by the lesson we hope to teach.

Try to hold on to youth and it mocks you while it sprints away.

We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans.

When religion and politics ride in the same cart, the whirlwind follows.

Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount.

A leader is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. He maintains the level of individuals. Too few individuals and a people reverts to a mob.

Enormous problems arise when human mistakes are made on the grand scale available to a superhero... Heroes are painful, superheroes are a catastrophe. The mistakes of superheroes involve too many of us in disaster.

If enough of us believe, a new thing can be made to exist. Belief structure creates a filter through which chaos is sifted into order.

If all those around you believe some particular thing, you will soon be tempted to share in that belief.