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Frank Herbert
(8 Oct 1920 - 11 Feb 1986)

American author and novelist whose science fiction works include Dune and five sequels. His works explored a framework including ecology, biology, astronomy, philosophy, politics, physiology, religion and psychology.

Science Quotes by Frank Herbert (4)

All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of God's universe. Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.
— Frank Herbert
Dune (1965), 406
See also:  |  Enlightenment (3)  |  God (121)  |  Religion (68)  |  Universe (138)

All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of God's universe. Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.
— Frank Herbert
Dune (1965), 406

All men seek to be enlightened. Religion is but the most ancient and honorable way in which men have striven to make sense out of God's universe. Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.
— Frank Herbert
Dune (1965), 406

Once human beings realize something can be done, they're not satisfied until they've done it.
— Frank Herbert
Cease Fire (1958). In Gary Westfahl, Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits (2006), 1.
See also:  |  Action (16)  |  Exploration (25)  |  Research (208)


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