The writing of history is largely a process of diversion. Most historical accounts distract attention from the secret influences behind great events. Frank Herbert More Quotes by Frank Herbert More Quotes From Frank Herbert When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense. Frank Herbert defense self mistake All proofs inevitably lead to propositions which have no proof! All things are known because we want to believe in them. Frank Herbert proof want believe Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity. Frank Herbert educational children dull Sympathy for the enemy -- a weakness of police and armies alike. Most perilous are the unconscious sympathies directing you to preserve your enemy intact because the enemy is your justification for existence. Frank Herbert police army enemy If there is a difference between what is said and what is done, only a fool believes what was said. Frank Herbert differences done believe Ultimately, all things are known because you want to believe you know. Frank Herbert all-things want believe A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation Frank Herbert antithesis creating particular The real universe is always one step beyond logic. Frank Herbert logic real steps Often I must speak otherwise than I think. This is called diplomacy. Frank Herbert diplomacy speak thinking Jessica stopped beside him, said: 'What delicious abandon in the sleep of a child.' He spoke mechanically: 'If only adults could relax like that.' 'Yes.' 'Where do we lose it?' he murmured. 'We do, indeed, lose something,' she said. Frank Herbert relax sleep children The singular multiplicity of this universe draws my deepest attention. It is a thing of ultimate beauty. Leto II Frank Herbert draws ultimate attention You don't write for success. That takes part of your attention away from the writing. If you're really doing it, that's all you're doing: writing. Frank Herbert ifs writing attention To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. Frank Herbert endure tasks may A killer with the manners of a rabbit - this is the most dangerous kind. Frank Herbert killers kind rabbits I am like a person whose hands were kept numb, without sensation from the first moment of awareness - until one day the ability to feel is forced into them. And I say "Look! I have no hands!" But the people all around me say: "What are hands? Frank Herbert one-day hands people They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence. Frank Herbert violence speak quiet But it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish. Frank Herbert repression well-known wells The mind commands the body and it obeys. The mind orders itself and meets resistance. Frank Herbert body mind order The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door. Frank Herbert vision time doors A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. Frank Herbert fool wrath stones
