Brian Herbert Quotes

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

Discovery is dangerous . . . but so is life. A man unwilling to take risk is
doomed never to learn, never to grow, never to live.

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.

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

Every hammer has the innate capacity to strike a nail. Every human mind has the innate capacity for greatness. But not every hammer is properly used, nor is every human mind.

Love is the highest achievement to which any human may aspire. It is an emotion that encompasses the full depth of heart, mind, and soul.

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

With few ambitions, most people allowed efficient machines to perform everyday tasks for them. Gradually, humans ceased to think, or dream... or truly live.

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

When we try to conceal our innermost drives, our entire being screams betrayal.

We are trained to believe and not to know.

The universe is our picture. Only the immature imagine the cosmos to be what
they think it is.

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.

If you surrender, you have already lost. If you refuse to give up, though, no
matter the odds against you, at least you have succeeded in trying.