970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

Caution is the path to mediocrity.

War is the most readily available form of chaos.

Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then.

When I was writing Dune there was no room in my mind for concerns about the book's success or failure. I was concerned only with the writing. Six years of research had preceded the day I sat down to put the story together, and the interweaving of the many plot layers I had planned required a degree of concentration I had never before experienced.

I don't worry about inspiration, or anything like that. It's a matter of just sitting down and working.

Order generally was a product of human activity. Chaos existed as a raw material from which to create order.

What you cannot control, you must accept.

Life - all life - is in the service of life. Necessary nutrients are made available to life by life in greater and greater richness as the diversity of life increases. The entire landscape comes alive, filled with relationships and relationships within relationships.

If we define Futurism as an exploration beyond accepted limits, then the nature of limiting systems becomes the first object of exploration.