970 Quotes by Frank Herbert

Power bases are very dangerous because they attract people who are truly insane, people who seek power only for the sake of power.

Do actions agree with words? There’s your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words.

Anything and anyone can fail,” he said, “but brave good friends help.

My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows – a wall against the wind.

We can say that Maud’Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn.

If you ask “Should we be in space?” you ask a nonsense question. We are in space. We will be in space.

Any path which narrows future possibilities may become a lethal trap. Humans are not threading their way through a maze; they scan a vast horizon filled with unique opportunities.

The old woman was a witch shadow – hair like matted spiderwebs, hooded ’round darkness of features, eyes like glittering jewels.