Daniel Quinn quotes - page 3

Children don't need learning. They need access to what they want to learn outside the home. (Daniel Quinn)
There are indeed times when one should TRUST blindly, just as there are times when one should not. WISDOM consists in being able to tell one from the other. View quote
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I hope it will not be too long before the technologies that support our population explosion begin to be perceived as no less hazardous to the future of life on this planet than the endless production of radioactive wastes. View quote
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In effect, you're saying that if you knew how you oughtt to live, then the flaw is man could be controlled. If you knew how you ought to live, you wouldn't be forever screwing up the world. perhaps in fact the two things are actually one thing. Perhaps the flaw in man is exactly this: that he doesn't know how he ought to live. View quote
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What's normal is for things to work. What's not normal is for things to fail. View quote
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We're straying from the path of salvation because we remember that we once belonged to the world and were content in that belonging. View quote
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No story is devoid of meaning ... If you know how to look for it. View quote
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Imagine that the gods have a care for everything that lives in the community of life on earth. View quote
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In fact, of course, there is no secret knowledge; no one knows anything that can't be found on a shelf in the public library. View quote
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All paths lie together in the hand of god like a web endlessly woven, and yours and mine are no greater or less than the beetle's or the squirrel's or the sparrow's. All are held together. View quote
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