970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

Question: Who governs the governors? Answer: Entropy

There is in each of us an ancient force that takes and an ancient force that gives. A man finds little difficulty facing that place within himself where the taking force dwells, but it’s almost impossible for him to see into the giving force without changing into something other than man. For a woman, the situation is reversed…These things are so ancient within us…that they’re ground into each separate cell of our bodies…It’s as easy to be overwhelmed by giving as by taking.

There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover.

Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once.

A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive.

The clear and safe path leads evermore into stagnation

Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to hold it and then only under conditions that increase that reluctance.