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
fear trying looks
Try looking into that place where you dare not look! You'll find me there, staring out at you!
mistake fighting men
When your opponent fears you, then's the moment when you give the fear its own rein, give it the time to work on him. Let it become terror. The terrified man fights himself. Eventually, he attacks in desperation. That is the most dangerous moment, but the terrified man can be trusted usually to make a fatal mistake. You are being trained here to detect these mistakes and use them.
mountain tests littles
Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.
evil tests ultimate
The ultimate test ... to see the good in evil and the evil in good.
peers prophet curtains
The best prophets lead you up to the curtain and let you peer through for yourself.
stupidity remember conformity
Remember: Bureaucracy elevates conformity ... Make that elevates 'fatal stupidity' to the status of religion.
law personal-qualities government
Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.
mind belief infinite
Beware! The mind of the believer stagnates. It fails to grow outward into an unlimited, infinite universe.
stress thinking training
The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.
fear fantasy-novels scary
FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER. FEAR IS THE LITTLE-DEATH THAT BRINGS TOTAL OBLITERATION.
hope ambition clouds
Hope clouds observation.
believe people difficult
It is so shocking to find out how many people do not believe that they can learn, and how many more believe learning to be difficult.
fear mind killers
Fear is the mind-killer.
people gentleman awakening
You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening.