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Frank Herbert

1920-1986 ,  American sci-fi writer
Frank HerbertBest known for the novel Dune (1965) and its 5 sequels.

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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

Order generally was a product of human activity. Chaos existed as a raw material from which to create order.

Nature does not make mistakes. Right and wrong are human categories.

When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles.

The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's execution that counts.

You know it's love when you want to give joy and damn the consequences.

Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.

He who can destroy a thing, can control a thing.

The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives, but have only one course of action in mind.

Technology is both a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is the paradox of our times which we're compelled to face.

A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating.

The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Survival is the ability to swim in strange water.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Revenge is for children and the emotionally retarded.

Words are such gross machinery, so primitive and ambiguous.

Only gods can safely risk perfection ... it's a dangerous thing for a man.

Show me a completely smooth operation and I'll show you someone who's covering mistakes. Real boats rock.

The ultimate test ... to see the good in evil and the evil in good.

Hope clouds observation.

There is not secret to balance. You just have to feel the waves.

History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe.

It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future.

Belief can be manipulated. Only knowledge is dangerous.

Knowing where the trap is – that's the first step in evading it.

Face your fears or they will climb over your back.

We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying.

The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.

Small souls who seek power over others first destroy the faith those others might have in themselves.

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.


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