Since every individual is accountable ultimately to the self, the formation of that self demands our utmost care and attention.
Frank HerbertThe proximity of a desirable thing tempts one to overindulgence. On that path lies danger.
Frank HerbertThe child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. "I do not have to be what my father was. I do not have to obey my father's rules or even believe everything he believed. It is my strength as a human that I can make my own choices of what to believe and what not to believe, of what to be and what not to be.
Frank HerbertYou aren't thinking or really existing unless you're willing to risk even your own sanity in the judgement of your existence.
Frank HerbertNo matter how exotic human civilization becomes, no matter the developments of life and society nor the complexity of the machine/human interface, there always come interludes of lonely power when the course of humankind, the very future of humankind, depends upon the relatively simple actions of single individual.
Frank Herbert