Quotes about Truth
All of history is a malleable instrument in my hands. Ohhh, I have accumulated all of these pasts and I possess every fact—yet the facts are mine to use as I will and, even using them truthfully, I change them.
— Frank Herbert
I cannot lie to you any more than I could lie to myself," Paul said. "I know this. Every man should have such an auditor.
— Frank Herbert
governments lie to protect themselves and they make incredibly stupid decisions.
— Frank Herbert
attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing Darkness. It cannot be.
— Frank Herbert
My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
— Frank Herbert
He thinks that by repeating he creates some kind of truth.
— Frank Herbert
Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes.
— Frank Herbert
But he felt nothing except: Here's an important fact. It was one with all the other facts.
— Frank Herbert
Il n'est probablement pas de révélation plus terrible que l'instant où vous découvrez que votre père est un homme... fait de chair.
— Frank Herbert
a man must permit his deeds and his words to agree. When your actions describe a system of evil consequences, you should be judged by those con sequences and not by your explanations.
— Frank Herbert
Out here, we carry no paper for contracts. We make no evening promises to be broken at dawn. When a man says a thing, that's the contract.
— Frank Herbert
This is the perspective which you create with your own belief, and beliefs can be manipulated by imagination.
— Frank Herbert