Herbert, Frank Patrick

US science fiction novelist

wrote "Dune" series (beginning with novel "Dune" 1965), novel "Soul Catcher" 1971

• "The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand."
• "Ultimately, all things are known because you want to believe you know."
• "The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action."
• "Beyond a critical point within a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase… The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive."
• "What do you despise? By this are you truly known."