The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. Frank Herbert More Quotes by Frank Herbert More Quotes From Frank Herbert Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty. Frank Herbert discipline freedom history There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story. Frank Herbert real stories writing When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them Frank Herbert cliffs gathering people Do actions agree with words? There's your measure of reliability. Never confine yourself to the words. Frank Herbert reliability agree action All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted. Frank Herbert drunk government people The universe does not work by our rules Frank Herbert universe doe Ideas are a dime a dozen. It's execution that counts. Frank Herbert dozen dimes ideas There is only one true wealth in all the universe. I have given you some of it. I have given your father and your mate some of it. And your friends. This wealth is living time. Frank Herbert true-wealth wealth universe 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. Frank Herbert new-experiences sleep needs To stand alone against all adversity is the most sacred moment of existence. Frank Herbert sacred adversity moments A requirement of creativity is that it contributes to change. Creativity keeps the creator alive. Frank Herbert requirements creativity alive When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles. Frank Herbert your-freedom stronger principles When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movements become headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thoughts of obstacles and forget the precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's to late. Frank Herbert doe men believe Education is no substitute for intelligence. Frank Herbert substitutes Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them. Frank Herbert machines men thinking A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. Frank Herbert creating creativity men Clinging to any form of conservatism can be dangerous. Become too conservative and you are unprepared for surprises. You cannot depend on luck. Logic is blind and often knows only its own past. Logic is good for playing chess but is often too slow for the needs of survival. Frank Herbert survival luck past It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future. Frank Herbert waste happiness past These are illusions of popular history which successful religion must promote: Evil men never prosper; only the brave deserve the fair; honesty is the best policy; actions speak louder than words; virtue always triumpths; a good deed is its own rewards; any bad human can be reformed; religious talismans protect one from demon possession; only females understand the ancient mysteries; the rich are doomed to unhappiness Frank Herbert honesty successful religious If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't want to make my grandfather's mistakes today. Frank Herbert mistake advice life
