Frank Herbert

He passed off the loss of a spice crawler with a gesture. The threat to men’s lives had him in a rage. A leader such as that would command fanatic loyalty. He would be difficult to defeat. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#leadership

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

— Frank Herbert

#angry #denial #him #his #how

To suspect your own mortality is to know the beginning of terror, to learn irrefutably that you are mortal is to know the end of terror. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#end #know #learn #mortal #mortality

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

— Frank Herbert

#awaken #awakens #inside #must #seldom

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

— Frank Herbert

#become #captive #desires #discipline #find

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

— Frank Herbert

#being #close #comes #morality #respect

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

— Frank Herbert

#desirable #lies #path #proximity #tempts

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#cruelty #kindness

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

#aware #become #conscious #duty #fully

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

— Frank Herbert

#pursuit #slavery #tool #way #wealth