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
self law names
In all of my universe I have seen no law of nature, unchanging and inexorable. This universe presents only changing relationships which are somtimes seen as laws by short-lived awareness. These fleshy sensoria which we call self are ephemera withering in the blaze of infinity, fleetingly aware of temporary conditions which confine our activities and change as our activities change. If you must label the absolute, use its proper name: Temporary.
belief shakes supreme
The act of saying that things exist that cannot be described in words shakes a universe where words are the supreme belief.
agreement wish tradition
Words can carry any burden we wish. All that's required is agreement and a tradition upon which to build.
past pillow
The past is no farther away than your pillow.
fall past air
My lungs taste the air of Time,Blown past falling sands...
power wealth mask
We never get far from wealth and all of its masks when we deal with power.
night tunnels tomorrow
The night is a tunnel ... a hole into tomorrow.
cutting lines problem
We are generalists. You can't draw neat lines around planet-wide problems. Planetology is a cut-and-fit science.
precision repeats monotonous
Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous precision?
survival important ability-to-change
The most important survival ability for any life form is the ability to change.
fall reality power
Power tends to isolate those who hold too much of it. Eventually, they lose touch with reality ... and fall.
art perfection form
Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms.
thinking perfect you-think-you-know
When you think you know something: that is a most perfect barrier against learning.
religious practice attention
Demagogues are so easy to identify. They gesture a lot and speak with pulpit rhythms, using words that ring of religious fervour and god-fearing sincerity. Sincerity with nothing behind it takes so much practice. The practice can always be detected. Repetition. Great attempts to keep your attention on words.