Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. Frank Herbert More Quotes by Frank Herbert More Quotes From Frank Herbert Emotions are the curse of logic. Frank Herbert curse logic emotion Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity. Frank Herbert atrocities balance past Law is the ultimate science. Frank Herbert ultimate law We are generalists. You can't draw neat lines around planet-wide problems. Planetology is a cut-and-fit science. Frank Herbert lines cutting problem History is a constant race between invention and catastrophe. Frank Herbert invention race history The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent. Frank Herbert wealth conflict battle The act of saying that things exist that cannot be described in words shakes a universe where words are the supreme belief. Frank Herbert shakes supreme belief I don't speak ... I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own. Frank Herbert machines language speak Justice required resort to law and that could be a fickle mistress, subject always to the whims and prejudices of those who administered the laws. Frank Herbert mistress law justice The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian. Frank Herbert hitting differences rabbits Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms. Frank Herbert form perfection art One must cast off old agonies as a snake casts off its skin--only to grow a new set and accept all of their limitations. Frank Herbert agony snakes skins Enemies strengthn you. Allies weaken you. Frank Herbert allies enemy Humans live best when each has his place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person. Frank Herbert schemes humans persons We accept too damned many things on the explanations of people who could have good reasons for lying. Frank Herbert reason lying people When I was writing Dune there was no room in my mind for concerns about the book's success or failure. I was concerned only with the writing. Six years of research had preceded the day I sat down to put the story together, and the interweaving of the many plot layers I had planned required a degree of concentration I had never before experienced. Frank Herbert writing book years A human being can stand any amount of pain. Frank Herbert human-beings pain humans Beaurocracy destroys initiative. Frank Herbert initiative Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing to the eye of God, that knowledge without action is empty. All men must see that the teaching of religion by rules and rote is largely a hoax. The proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you’ve always known. Frank Herbert teaching attitude life Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available. Frank Herbert criminals police missing
