If you focus your awareness only upon your own rightness, then you invite the forces of opposition to overwhelm you. This is a common error. Even I, … - Frank Herbert

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If you focus your awareness only upon your own rightness, then you invite the forces of opposition to overwhelm you. This is a common error. Even I, your teacher, have made it.

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About Frank Herbert

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (8 October 1920 – 11 February 1986) was an American science-fiction writer, most famous for his Dune novels.

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Birth Name: Frank Patrick Herbert
Alternative Names: Franklin Patrick Herbert Franklin Herbert Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. Jr. Frank Patrick Herbert Jr. Franklin Herbert Jr. Franklin Patrick Herbert
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