Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert
Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr.was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 October 1920
CityTacoma, WA
CountryUnited States of America
people humans
We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans.
mistake hero problem
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.
silent determine humans
To determine if you're human. Be silent.
misery force humans
In my estimation, more misery has been created by reformers than by any other force in human history.
enemy easier admire
It's easier to be terrified by an enemy you admire.
fall hero hands
No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero.
lonely hate broken
A person cries out in life because it's lonely and because life's been broken off from whatever created it. But no matter how much you hate life, you love it too. It's like a caldron boiling with everything you have to have, but very painful to the lips.
wise wisdom block
Every civilization must contend with an unconscious force which can block, betray, or countermand almost any conscious intention of the collectivity.
answers done problem
There are problems in this universe for which there are no answers. Nothing. Nothing can be done.
moving men
Men always fear things which move by themselves.
people balance
Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob.
limits constitution
There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover.
safe path clear
The clear and safe path leads evermore into stagnation
roots giving identity
I give you the chameleon, whose ability to blend itself into the background tells you all you need to know about the roots of ecology and the foundations of a personal identity