Top 27 Quotes by Frank Herbert

About Frank Herbert

These are some quotes by American author Frank Herbert Writer, who lived between October 8, 1920 and February 11, 1986.

Something cannot emerge from nothing.

Something cannot emerge from nothing.

Frank Herbert

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully aware of yourself. You are always a little less than an individual.

Frank Herbert

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Frank Herbert

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

Frank Herbert

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

What do you despise? By this are you truly known.

Frank Herbert

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.

Frank Herbert

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

Frank Herbert

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

Truth suffers from too much analysis.

Frank Herbert

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.

To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be.

Frank Herbert

Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?

Think you of the fact that a deaf person cannot hear. Then, what deafness may we not all possess? What senses do we lack that we cannot see and cannot hear another world all around us?

Frank Herbert

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