Money to a writer is time to write. Frank Herbert More Quotes by Frank Herbert More Quotes From Frank Herbert It's easier to be terrified by an enemy you admire. Frank Herbert admireeasierenemy The successful writer listens to himself. Frank Herbert successful One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim. Frank Herbert victimtakenuse We Bene Gesserit sift people to find the humans. Frank Herbert humanspeople One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things. Frank Herbert exampleinspirationalbook When he wanted, he could radiate charm and sincerity, but I often wonder in these later days if anything about him was as it seemed. I think now he was a man fighting constantly to escape the bars of an invisible cage. Frank Herbert fightingmenthinking Radicals are only to be feared when you try to suppress them. You must demonstrate that you will use the best of what they offer. Frank Herbert radicalusetrying For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life. Frank Herbert griefpurposesea Law of the Minimum: "The worst potential competition for any organism can come from its own kind. The species consumes necessities. Growth is limited by that necessity which is present in the least amount. The least favourable condition controls the rate of growth." Frank Herbert competitiongrowthlaw War is behavior with roots in the single cell of the primeval seas. Eat whatever you touch or it will eat you. Frank Herbert cellsseawar Whether a thought is spoken or not it is a real thing and has powers of reality. Frank Herbert thriverealreality You can't build politics on love. People aren't concerned with love; it's too disordered. They prefer despotism. Too much freedom breeds chaos. Frank Herbert chaostoo-muchpeople I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once. Frank Herbert kill-meno-fearlittles Think on it, Chani: the princess will have the name, yet she'll live as less than a concubine - never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she's bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine - history will call us wives. Frank Herbert princessmenthinking Many things we do naturally become difficult only when we try to make them intellectual subjects. It is possible to know so much about a subject that you become totally ignorant. Frank Herbert ignorantintellectualtrying Words are such gross machinery, so primitive and ambiguous. Frank Herbert grossmachineryambiguous The basic lesson of our relativistic universe is that things change. Any power must always meet a greater power. Frank Herbert greater-powerthings-changelessons To the soul's desires The body listens What the flesh requires Keeps the heart imprisoned Frank Herbert souldesireheart The highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences. Frank Herbert environmentunderstandingnature Knowing where the trap is-- that's the first step in evading it. Frank Herbert knowingstepsfirsts
