# Quote — Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

> Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your own life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you can. Life is a game whose rules you learn if you leap into it and play it to the hilt. Otherwise, you are caught off balance, continually surprised by the shifting play. Non-players often whine and complain that luck always passes them by. They refuse to see that they can create some of their own luck.

- Author: [Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md)
- Book: [Chapterhouse: Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/chapterhouse-dune.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/chapterhouse-dune/confine-yourself-to-observing

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