Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it. But it's a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, these things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan. We tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that's really chewing on us.
("Dune")
More Quotes from Frank Herbert:
For now is my grief heavier than the sands of the seas, she thought. This world has emptied me of all but the oldest purpose: tomorrow's life.Frank Herbert
How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him.
Frank Herbert
Scientists seek the lawfulness of events. It is the task of Religion to fit man into this lawfulness.
Frank Herbert
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
Frank Herbert
Then, as his planet killed him, it occurred to Kynes that his father and all the other scientists were wrong, that the most persistent principles of the universe were accident and error.
Frank Herbert
When you imagine mistakes, there can be no self-defense.
Frank Herbert
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Keywords: flounderSo long as peace is not attained by law (so argue the advocates of armaments) the military protection of a country must not be undermined, and until such is the case disarmament is impossible.
Ludwig Quidde
I wanted to act; that was my one goal. I wanted to devote all my time to acting and not waitressing or anything else.
Edie Falco
When Jesus calls his disciples 'brothers' and 'friends', he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person.
David Kirk