Thinking you know something is a sure way to blind yourself. Frank Herbert More Quotes by Frank Herbert More Quotes From Frank Herbert Love is a very ancient force, which served its purpose in its day but no longer is essential for the survival of the species. Frank Herbert essentialssurvivallove No matter how exotic human civilization becomes, no matter the developments of life and society nor the complexity of the machine/human interface, there always come interludes of lonely power when the course of humankind, the very future of humankind, depends upon the relatively simple actions of single individual. Frank Herbert lonelysimplecivilization It must certainly be more dangerous to live in ignorance than to live with knowledge. Frank Herbert dangerousignorance The person who takes the banal and ordinary and illuminates it in a new way can terrify. We do not want our ideas changed. Frank Herbert wantordinaryideas Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Frank Herbert ends The truth always carries the ambiguity of the words used to express it. Frank Herbert carrieambiguityused To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to escape into sleep and be alive only in the unconscious projections of his dream-creatures. Frank Herbert wishdreamsleep What is the son but an extension of the father? Frank Herbert extensionsfatherson You've heard of animals chewing off a leg to escape a trap? There's an animal kind of trick. A human would remain in the trap, endure the pain, feigning death that he might kill the trapper and remove a threat to his kind. Frank Herbert painanimalmight If we deny emotion, we lose all touch with our internal universe. Frank Herbert internalsdenyemotion Law always chooses sides on the basis of enforcement power. Morality and legal niceties have little to do with it when the real question is: Who has the clout? Frank Herbert enforcementreallaw The convoluted wording of legalisms grew up around the necessity to hide from ourselves the violence we do to each other. Frank Herbert grew-upviolencelaw There exists no separation between gods and men; one blends softly casual into the other. Frank Herbert separationgodmen Why is it that foolishness repeats itself with such monotonous precision? Frank Herbert monotonousrepeatsprecision To see eternity was to be exposed to eternity's whims, oppressed by endless dimensions. Frank Herbert endlessdimensionseternity A leader, you see, is one of the things that distinguishes a mob from a people. Frank Herbert leaderleadershippeople When strangers meet, great allowance should be made for differences of custom and training. Frank Herbert trainingdifferencesstranger Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob. Frank Herbert balancepeople Infinity? It attracts us like a floodlight in the night. Frank Herbert infinitynight Every civilization must contend with an unconscious force which can block, betray, or countermand almost any conscious intention of the collectivity. Frank Herbert blockwisdomwise
