Frank Herbert Quotes

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their interest.

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.

That what appears to be egoism so often isn't.

Those who are bent on revolutionizing society may be divided into those who seek something for themselves thereby and those who seek something for their children and grandchildren.

Every action that we take has some motivation of either being selfish or altruistic. All that adds up.

I've had teammates that are mirror guys. While they want to win, what they're really concerned about is themselves. In a win, they could be upset. In a loss, they could be happy. All that mattered was their own success. Window people, on the other hand, measure success by the contribution they make into the lives of others.

All of philanthropy is harnessing that urge to have your name on something, and using it for good.

Whatever your cause, whatever your motivation, I hope you'll agree with me that volunteer service is an extraordinary gift.

Conscious people fully know who is serving them selflessly and who is trying to create anarchy.

We've always been hardcore rebels.

The nonconformist and the rebel say all manner of unanswerable things against the existing republic, but discover to our sense no plan of house or state of their own.

Revolt, for you have nothing to lose but your chains and your [refugee] tents!

To be a rebel is not to be a revolutionary. It is more often by a way of spinning one's wheels deeper in sand.

Our Lord did not say it was wrong to pray in the corners of the street, but He did say it was wrong to have the motive to "be seen of men".

The warrior's nobility is like a prostitute's smile, the truth of which is self-interest.

The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.

The oppressed should rebel, and they will continue to rebel and raise disturbance until their civil rights are fully restored to them and all partial distinctions, exlusions, and incapacitations are removed.

A humanitarian is always a hypocrite.

It is easy to be lenient at other people's expense, and call it generosity of mind.

It is a capital blunder; as you discover, when another man recites his charities.

It is impossible to need excuses when the focus of your life shifts from 'What's in it for me?' to 'How can I serve?'

Power moves with you when you have an intent to serve more than yourself.

Giving yourself is the ultimate revolution.

Among the wealthy, generosity is often merely a kind of shyness.

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