Quote

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

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.
Time
Available
Periods
Impossible
Peace
Prolonged
Natural
Readily
War
Thirst
Form
Chaos
Humans
Period

More quotes by Frank Herbert

Image
When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.
Frank Herbert
Image
Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.
Frank Herbert
Image
A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.
Frank Herbert
Image
The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas. We possess only this moment in which to dedicate ourselves continuously to the sacred presence which we share and create.
Frank Herbert
Image
To see eternity was to be exposed to eternity's whims, oppressed by endless dimensions.
Frank Herbert
Image
When you think you know something: that is a most perfect barrier against learning.
Frank Herbert
Image
I am not the kind of person I want to be.
Frank Herbert
Image
We faced it and did not resist. The storm passed through us and around us. It's gone, but we remain.
Frank Herbert
Image
It must certainly be more dangerous to live in ignorance than to live with knowledge.
Frank Herbert
Image
The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it.
Frank Herbert
Image
In 1054, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. That was the end of holiness for both churches.
Frank Herbert
Image
What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.
Frank Herbert
Image
Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking.
Frank Herbert
Image
When a wise man does not understand, he says: I do not understand. The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.
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
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
Image
What are you, child, that you need time to learn about yourself?
Frank Herbert
Image
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
Image
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
Image
I cry for those not yet dead.
Frank Herbert