Quote

the sleeper must awaken.

Frank Herbert

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Frank Herbert
Age: 65 †
Born: 1920
Born: October 8
Died: 1986
Died: February 11
Author
Journalist
Novelist
Photographer
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Tacoma
Washington
Frank Patrick Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
Franklin Herbert
Franklin Patrick Herbert
Jr.
Sleeper
Sleepers
Awaken
Must

More quotes by Frank Herbert

Image
If I'd been born in my grandfather's time, I'd have made my grandfather's mistakes. Theres no doubt of it. I just don't want to make my grandfather's mistakes today.
Frank Herbert
Image
Words are such gross machinery, so primitive and ambiguous.
Frank Herbert
Image
There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh.
Frank Herbert
Image
Peace for any prolonged period of time is impossible. Humans have a natural thirst for chaos and war is the most readily available form of chaos.
Frank Herbert
Image
I am not the kind of person I want to be.
Frank Herbert
Image
There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin.
Frank Herbert
Image
The purpose of argument is to change the nature of truth.
Frank Herbert
Image
A voice hissed: He sheds tears! It was taken around the ring Usal gives moisture to the dead! He felt fingers touch his damp cheek, heard the awed whispers.
Frank Herbert
Image
Often I must speak otherwise than I think. This is called diplomacy.
Frank Herbert
Image
Justice required resort to law and that could be a fickle mistress, subject always to the whims and prejudices of those who administered the laws.
Frank Herbert
Image
People don't vote. Instinct tells them it's useless.
Frank Herbert
Image
You see, gentlemen, they have something to die for. They've discovered they're a people. They're awakening.
Frank Herbert
Image
Unused power was like a marionette with visible strings, nobody holding them. A compelling attraction: I could make it dance.
Frank Herbert
Image
To endure oneself may be the hardest task in the universe. You cannot hire a wise man or any other intellect to solve it for you. There's no writ of inquest or calling of witness to provide answers.
Frank Herbert
Image
Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.
Frank Herbert
Image
To know the future absolutely it to be trapped into that future absolutely. It collapses time. Present becomes future.
Frank Herbert
Image
Reason is the first victim of strong emotion.
Frank Herbert
Image
Life - all life - is in the service of life. Necessary nutrients are made available to life by life in greater and greater richness as the diversity of life increases. The entire landscape comes alive, filled with relationships and relationships within relationships.
Frank Herbert
Image
Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.
Frank Herbert
Image
I live in an apocalyptic dream. My steps fit into it so precisely that I fear most of all I will grow bored reliving the thing so exactly.
Frank Herbert