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Frank Herbert

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Not every great thinker makes it into the history books, but Frank Herbert's words speak for themselves. With equal ease, Frank Herbert moved between Religion and Freedom, finding connections others missed. Browse 14 quotes by Frank Herbert that cover ground from Religion, Freedom, Truth, Respect, and Knowledge. Readers often gravitate to this one: "The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand."

“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

Religion

All Quotes by Frank Herbert

“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”

— Frank Herbert

Freedom

“If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.”

— Frank Herbert

Government

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

— Frank Herbert

Anger

“Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future.”

— Frank Herbert

Future

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

— Frank Herbert

Truth

“One of the best things to come out of the home computer revolution could be the general and widespread understanding of how severely limited logic really is.”

— Frank Herbert

Best

“The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.”

— Frank Herbert

Knowledge

“Wealth is a tool of freedom, but the pursuit of wealth is the way to slavery.”

— Frank Herbert

Freedom

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

— Frank Herbert

Respect

“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

Religion

“Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.”

— Frank Herbert

Change