Brian Herbert Quotes

The capacity to learn is a gift; The ability to learn is a skill; The willingness to learn is a choice.

Any school for free citizens must begin by teaching distrust, not trust. It must teach questioning, not acceptance of stock answers.

It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.

Simplicity is the most difficult of all concepts.

It is astonishing how foolish humans can be in groups, especially when they follow their leader without question.

Facts mean nothing when they are preempted by appearance. Do not underestimate the power of impression over reality.

How will I be remembered by my children? This is the true measure of a man.

Life is filled with tests, one after another, and if you don't recognize them, you are certain to fail the most important ones.

The Universe operates on a basic principle of economics: everything has its cost. We pay to create our future, we pay for the mistakes of the past. We pay for every change we make . . . and we pay just as dearly if we refuse to change.

The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail.

Let the future remain uncertain, for that is the canvas to receive our desires.

There is no man so blind as one who has made up his mind.

In the heat of battle, heroes emerge, sometimes from the most unlikely of sources.

No person can ever know everything that is in the heart of another. We are all Face Dancers in our souls.

An ignorant friend is worse than a learned foe.

Never underestimate the power of the human mind to believe what it wants to believe, no matter the conflicting evidence.

Freedom is an elusive concept. Some men hold themselves prisoner even when they have the power to do as they please and go where they choose, while others are free in their hearts, even as shackles restrain them.

The man who sees an opportunity and does nothing is asleep with his eyes open.

Wounds make better lessons than lectures.

Anything imagined can be made real ... given sufficient genius.

The more tightly packed the group, the greater the need for strict social ranks and orders.

Fear invites aggression - do not show it to a predator.

Opportunities are a tricky crop, with tiny flowers that are difficult to see and even more difficult to harvest.

Let pressure pass over and through you. That way you can't be harmed by it.

Humans are different in private than in the presence of others. While the private persona merges into the social persona in varying degrees, the union is never complete. Something is always held back.