Frank Herbert

Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.' - from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan ↗

— Frank Herbert

#dune #attitude

What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#fighting #gurney-halleck #practice #preparation #training

Guilt starts as a feeling of failure. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#inspirational

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#power #corruption

What does a mirror look at? ↗

— Frank Herbert

#dune #frank #herbert #mirror #scifi

Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#science #science

Proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you have always known. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#learning #teaching #education

To know a thing well, know it's limits; Only when pushed beyond it's tolerance will it's true nature be seen. -The Amtal Rule ↗

— Frank Herbert

#nature

Face your fears or they will climb over your back. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#fear #courage

Give as few orders as possible," his father had told him once long ago. "Once you've given orders on a subject, you must always give orders on that subject. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#leadership