970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

To determine if you're human. Be silent.

We never completely escape the teachers of our childhood nor any of the patterns that formed us.

... motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches.

Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.

In my estimation, more misery has been created by reformers than by any other force in human history.

There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.

Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was concerned more over the men than he was over the spice. He risked his own life, and that of his son to save the men. He passed off the loss of a spice crawler with a gesture. The threat to men's lives had him in a rage. A leader such as that would command fanatic loyalty. He would be difficult to defeat. Against his own will and all previous judgements, Kynes admitted to himself: I like this Duke.

Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself.

Knowing where the trap is-- that's the first step in evading it.