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
book people needs
What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.
life together needs
If you need something to worship, then worship life - all life, every last crawling bit of it! We're all in this beauty together!
children needs about-yourself
What are you, child, that you need time to learn about yourself?
government needs flaws
Major flaw in government arise from a fear of making radical internal changes even though a need is clearly seen.
death needs fear-of-death
What greater gift is there than to demonstrate you need not fear death?
sleep new-experiences needs
A person needs new experiences. They jar something deep inside, allowing you to grow. Without them, it sleeps- seldom to awaken. The sleeper must awaken.
survival needs playing-chess
Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival.
men needs looks
When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles
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.