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
lying path danger
The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.
lying fall pedestal
Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.
lying people reason
We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.
lying past endure
The only past which endures lies wordlessly within you.
lying believe demand
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.
lying ifs
If you live in bad faith, lies will appear to you like the truth.
pursuit tool
Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.
american-writer attempt cannot darkness knowing seeing truth
To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.
myth religion terrors uncertain
Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.
life trust people
The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.
basic effective fallacy greater lesson limited meet power ultimately universe
This is the fallacy of power: ultimately it is effective only in an absolute, a limited universe. But the basic lesson of our relativistic universe is that things change. Any power must always meet a greater power.
funny confused animal
Ecology is often confused with environmentalism, while in fact, environmentalism often leaves out the fact that people, too, can be a legitimate part of an ecosystem.
time space locks
Time is a measure of space, just as a range-finder is a measure of space, but measuring locks us into the place we measure.
real steps logic
The real universe is always one step beyond logic.