“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”
— Frank Herbert“The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.”
— Frank Herbert“The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it.”
— Frank Herbert“Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe.”
— Frank Herbert“A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.”
— Frank Herbert“Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and it has power, Tuek said. You might find the line between life and death among the Fremen to be too sharp and quick.”
— Frank Herbert“Beginnings are such delicate times.”
— Frank HerbertThere is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.
— Frank HerbertEmotionless individuals are often the ones who survive the storms, not because they feel less, but because they have learned to endure.
— Frank Herbert