# Quote — Frank Herbert, Whipping Star

> Providence and Manifest Destiny are synonyms often invoked to support arguments based on wishful thinking.

- Author: [Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md)
- Book: [Whipping Star](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/whipping-star.md)
- Page: 136
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Herbert#Whipping_Star_(1969)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/whipping-star/providence-and-manifest

## More from this book

> Learning a language represents training in the delusions of that language.

p. 111 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/whipping-star/learning-a-language.md)

> You can say things which cannot be done. This is elementary. The trick is to keep attention focused on what is said and not on what can be done.

p. 87 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/whipping-star/you-can-say.md)

> Where is the weapon with which I enforce your bondage? You give it to me every time you open your mouth.

p. 68 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/whipping-star/where-is-the.md)