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From infancy onward, children are the most fantastic learners in the world. (Daniel Quinn)
The mythology of your culture hums in your ears so constantly that no one pays the slightest bit of attention to it. Of course man is conquering space and the atom and the deserts and the oceans and the elements. According to your mythology, this is what he was BORN to do. View quote
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If you alone found out what the lie was, then you're probably right-it would make no great difference. But if you ALL found out what the lie was, it might conceivably make a very great difference indeed. View quote
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I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely. View quote
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And every time the Takers stamp out a Leaver culture, a wisdom ultimately tested since the birth of mankind disappears from the world beyond recall. View quote
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There is a difference between the inmates of your criminal prisons and the inmates of your cultural prison: The former understand that the distribution of wealth and power inside the prison had nothing to do with justice. View quote
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Don't try to drive the homeless into places we find suitable. Help them survive in places they find suitable. View quote
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five severed fingers do not make a hand. View quote
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Our lifestyle is evolutionarily unstable--and is therefore in the process of eliminating itself in the perfectly ordinary way. View quote
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[T]he price you've paid is not the price of becoming human. It's not even the price of having the things you just mentioned. It's the price of enacting a story that casts mankind as the enemy of the world. View quote
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The world is not in any sense in danger from itself. The world is in fact not in any danger at all. It is we who are in danger. (Daniel Quinn)
Many of the biggest and most far-reaching investments we make in our lives are investments that have little or nothing to do with money. View quote
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We are all captives of a story. View quote
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Our schools are much like our prisons: they disappoint us because they only do what they're designed to do, and it annoys us that they don't do something else! View quote
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The obvious can sometimes be illuminating when perceived in an unhabitual way. View quote
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But why? Why do you need prophets to tell you how you ought to live? Why do you need anyone to tell you how you ought to live. View quote
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The journey itself is going to change you, so you don't have to worry about memorizing the route we took to accomplish that change. View quote
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Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities. View quote
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Yes,I'm afraid you're right. Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft,but it can be a disastrous way to learn how to build a civilization. View quote
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This law ... defines the limits of competition in the community of life. You may compete to the full extent of your capabilities, but you may not hunt down your competitors or destroy their food or deny them access to food. In other words, you may compete but you may not wage war. View quote
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You never actually know how you're going to handle a problem until you actually have it. (Daniel Quinn)
Lies are like sleeping pills. You should only use them when you absolutely have to. They spoil everything if you make a habit of them. View quote
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There are times when having too much to say can be as dumbfounding as having too little. View quote
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We need schools to force kids to learn things they have no use for. View quote
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May the forests be with you and with your children. View quote
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