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Daniel Quinn Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

Don’t wait. Where do you expect to get by waiting? Doing is what teaches you. Doing is what leads to inspiration. Doing is what generates ideas. Nothing else, and nothing less Picture Quote #1

Wow, just imagine missing school on the day when they were learning blue. You’d spend the rest of your life wondering what color the sky is Picture Quote #1

Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere out there that man was the climax toward which creation had been straining from the beginning?... Very far from it. The universe went on as before, the planet went on as before. Man’s appearance caused no more stir than the appearance of jellyfish Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can’t watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor’s tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health Picture Quote #1

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There are times when having too much to say can be as dumbfounding as having too little Picture Quote #1

... he began to speak to me, not in the jocular way of visitors to the menagerie but rather as one speaks to the wind or to the waves crashing on a beach, uttering that which must be said but which must not be heard by anyone Picture Quote #1

We’re not destroying the world because we’re clumsy. We’re destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it Picture Quote #1

I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We’re straying from the path of salvation because we remember that we once belonged to the world and were content in that belonging Picture Quote #1

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The world must live. We are only one species among billions. The gods don’t love us any more than they love spiders or bears or whales or water lilies Picture Quote #1

Thinkers aren’t limited by what they know, because they can always increase what they know. Rather they’re limited by what puzzles them, because there’s no way to become curious about something that doesn’t puzzle you Picture Quote #1

If the world is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all Picture Quote #1

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! Picture Quote #1

What is crucial to your survival as a race is not the redistribution of power and wealth within the prison but rather the destruction of the prison itself Picture Quote #1

You know how to split atoms, how to send explorers to the moon, how to splice genes, but you don’t know how people ought to live Picture Quote #1

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People will listen when they’re ready to listen and not before. Don’t waste time with people who want to argue. They’ll keep you immobilized forever. Look for people who are already open to something new Picture Quote #1

Don’t try to drive the homeless into places we find suitable. Help them survive in places they find suitable Picture Quote #1

You never actually know how you’re going to handle a problem until you actually have it Picture Quote #1

Man’s destiny was to conquer and rule the world, and this is what he’s done.. almost. He hasn’t quite made it, and it looks as though this may be his undoing. The problem is that man’s conquest of the world has itself devastated the world. And in spite of all the mastery we’ve attained, we don’t have enough mastery to stop devastating the world.. or to repair the devastation we’ve already wrought Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Imagine that the gods have a care for everything that lives in the community of life on earth Picture Quote #1

We’ve poured our poisons into the world as though it were a bottomless pit.. and we go on gobbling them up. It’s hard to imagine how the world could survive another century of this abuse, but nobody’s really doing anything about it. It’s a problem our children will have to solve, or their children Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

What’s normal is for things to work. What’s not normal is for things to fail Picture Quote #1

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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 (Daniel Quinn Quotes) Don’t wait. Where do you expect to get by waiting? Doing is what teaches you. Doing is what leads to inspiration. Doing is what generates ideas. Nothing else, and nothing less (Daniel Quinn Quotes) Wow, just imagine missing school on the day when they were learning blue. You’d spend the rest of your life wondering what color the sky is (Daniel Quinn Quotes) Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere out there that man was the climax toward which creation had been straining from the beginning?... Very far from it. The universe went on as before, the planet went on as before. Man’s appearance caused no more stir than the appearance of jellyfish (Daniel Quinn Quotes) 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 (Daniel Quinn Quotes) It’s the idea that people living close to nature tend to be noble. It’s seeing all those sunsets that does it. You can’t watch a sunset and then go off and set fire to your neighbor’s tepee. Living close to nature is wonderful for your mental health (Daniel Quinn Quotes) There are times when having too much to say can be as dumbfounding as having too little (Daniel Quinn Quotes) ... he began to speak to me, not in the jocular way of visitors to the menagerie but rather as one speaks to the wind or to the waves crashing on a beach, uttering that which must be said but which must not be heard by anyone (Daniel Quinn Quotes) We’re not destroying the world because we’re clumsy. We’re destroying the world because we are, in a very literal and deliberate way, at war with it (Daniel Quinn Quotes) I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely (Daniel Quinn Quotes) 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 (Daniel Quinn Quotes) We’re straying from the path of salvation because we remember that we once belonged to the world and were content in that belonging (Daniel Quinn Quotes) The world must live. We are only one species among billions. The gods don’t love us any more than they love spiders or bears or whales or water lilies (Daniel Quinn Quotes) Thinkers aren’t limited by what they know, because they can always increase what they know. Rather they’re limited by what puzzles them, because there’s no way to become curious about something that doesn’t puzzle you (Daniel Quinn Quotes) If the world is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all (Daniel Quinn Quotes) 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! (Daniel Quinn Quotes) What is crucial to your survival as a race is not the redistribution of power and wealth within the prison but rather the destruction of the prison itself (Daniel Quinn Quotes) You know how to split atoms, how to send explorers to the moon, how to splice genes, but you don’t know how people ought to live (Daniel Quinn Quotes) People will listen when they’re ready to listen and not before. Don’t waste time with people who want to argue. They’ll keep you immobilized forever. Look for people who are already open to something new (Daniel Quinn Quotes) Don’t try to drive the homeless into places we find suitable. Help them survive in places they find suitable (Daniel Quinn Quotes) You never actually know how you’re going to handle a problem until you actually have it (Daniel Quinn Quotes) Man’s destiny was to conquer and rule the world, and this is what he’s done.. almost. He hasn’t quite made it, and it looks as though this may be his undoing. The problem is that man’s conquest of the world has itself devastated the world. And in spite of all the mastery we’ve attained, we don’t have enough mastery to stop devastating the world.. or to repair the devastation we’ve already wrought (Daniel Quinn Quotes) 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 (Daniel Quinn Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 (Daniel Quinn Quotes) Imagine that the gods have a care for everything that lives in the community of life on earth (Daniel Quinn Quotes) We’ve poured our poisons into the world as though it were a bottomless pit.. and we go on gobbling them up. It’s hard to imagine how the world could survive another century of this abuse, but nobody’s really doing anything about it. It’s a problem our children will have to solve, or their children (Daniel Quinn Quotes) 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 (Daniel Quinn Quotes) 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 (Daniel Quinn Quotes) What’s normal is for things to work. What’s not normal is for things to fail (Daniel Quinn Quotes)

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