Frank Herbert

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.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.

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

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

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

The difference between sentiment and being sentimental is the following: Sentiment is when a driver swerves out of the way to avoid hitting a rabbit on the road. Being sentimental is when the same driver, when swerving away from the rabbit, hits a pedestrian.

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

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

The proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.

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

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.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.