Quotes from Frank Herbert
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
Deceit is a tool of statecraft, " Irulan agreed."There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover, " Paul said.
- Frank Herbert
A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful.
- Frank Herbert
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
- Frank Herbert
Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.
- Frank Herbert
The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.
- Frank Herbert
What I'm saying in my books boils down to this: Mine religion for what is good and avoid what is deleterious. Don't condemn people who need it. Be very careful when that need becomes fanatical.
- Frank Herbert
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 have always known.
- Frank Herbert
Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.
- Frank Herbert
Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.
- Frank Herbert
I am a leg of the death tripod that will destroy our foes.
- Frank Herbert
Each life creates endless ripples.
- Frank Herbert