Frank Herbert Quotes

Presumably man's spirit should be elevated if he can better review his shady past and analyze more completely and objectively his present problems.

You have, which is a rare thing, the ability and the responsibility to listen to the dissent in yourself. To at least give it the floor. Because it is the key, not only to consciousness, but to real growth.

You have to attempt to be objective about yourself.

I try not to be overly analytical.

I just want to live each moment, but it's kind of hard to do that when you are asked to analyze yourself constantly. But it's also good in that you are forced to think about things that you don't ordinarily think about. I think it's strange.

I think I tend to live in sort of a meta state of existence where I'm always analyzing and analyzing whatever I'm going through at any given moment, and a lot of times I'll reflect back on and go, 'Oh look at that - if I acted this way when that happened, I might not have thought of that that way.'

I'm not afraid to blame myself for any of my own faults or just to analyze things in a different way, but I don't overanalyze, either.

We can at least try to understand our own motives, passions, and prejudices, so as to be conscious of what we are doing when we apeal to those of others. This is very difficult, because our own prejudice and emotional bias always seems to us so rational.

My greatest strength is to have a great capacity to confront myself no matter how unpleasant. My greatest weakness is that I don't. I know that's enigmatic, but that's sort of a general formula for anyone, actually.

Let us fear ourselves. Prejudices are the real robbers; vices are the real murderers. The great dangers lie within ourselves.

Education best serves students by helping them be more self-reflective.

I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures.

Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation.

I criticize myself ruthlessly, but never mention the faults of which I am truly ashamed.

Many leadership problems are driven by low self-awareness.

Examine from time to time what are the dominant passions of your soul, and having ascertained this, mold your life, so that in thought, word, and deed you may as far as possible counteract them.

I think I'm aware of what goes on in my mind more than some guys, and for that reason I fight more battles.

It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.

In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves.

I call that man awake who, with conscious knowledge and understanding, can perceive the deep unreasoning powers in his soul, his whole innermost strength, desire and weakness, and knows how to reckon with himself.

Get to know yourself. Know your own failings, passions, and prejudices so you can separate them from what you see. Know also when you actually have thought through to the nature of the thing with which you are dealing and when you are not thinking at all... Knowing yourself and knowing the facts, you can judge whether you can change the situation so it is more to your liking. If you cannot--or if you do not know how to improve on things--then discipline yourself to the adjustments that will be necessary.

After all, without understanding yourself, what basis have you for right thinking?

Whenever we discover a dislike in us, toward any one, we should ever be a little suspicious of ourselves.

Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

I trust you to find the good in me, but the bad I must be sure you don't overlook.