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

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Become Captive Desires Discipline Find Freedom Liberty Seek Your

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

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Awaken Awakens Change Inside Must Seldom Sleeps Something Us Without

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It is a wise man that does know the contented man is never poor, whilst the discontented man is never rich.

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Contented Discontented Does Know Man Never Poor Rich Whilst Wise Wise Man

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

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Beginning Discovery Knowledge Something Understand

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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Brings Eye Face Fear Gone Inner Me Must Nothing Only Over Pass Past Path Permit Remain See Through Total Turn Where Will

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

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Action Course Distrust Improve Lives Most Only Our Our Lives People Those Want Who

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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.

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Avoid Away Being Between Difference Driver Following Hits Hitting Out Pedestrian Rabbit Road Same Sentiment Sentimental Way

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

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Basis Being Close Morality Respect Truth

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Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Allies Enemies Make Stronger Weaker You

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Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

~Frank Herbert

Topics: Beginning Cruelty Kindness

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: October 8th, 1920

Died: February 11th, 1986

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