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Daniel Quinn quotes: From infancy onward, children are the most fantastic learners in the world.

From infancy onward, children are the most fantastic learners in the world.

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.

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: I went out and had a drink. I needed to talk to someone, and solitary drinkers are lucky in this regard - they always have someone to talk to.

I went out and had a drink. I needed to talk to someone, and solitary drinkers are lucky in this regard - they always have someone to talk to.

Daniel Quinn quotes: When one does not see what one does not see, one does not even see that one is blind. - Paul Veyne

When one does not see what one does not see, one does not even see that one is blind. - Paul Veyne

Daniel Quinn quotes: [N]ow we have a clearer idea what this story is all about: The world was made for man, and man was made to rule it.

[N]ow we have a clearer idea what this story is all about: The world was made for man, and man was made to rule it.

Daniel Quinn quotes: May the forests be with you and with your children.

May the forests be with you and with your children.

Daniel Quinn quotes: I find that the longer I live, the more I worry about people and the less I worry about rules.

I find that the longer I live, the more I worry about people and the less I worry about rules.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Indigenous people believe that Man belongs to the World; civilized people believe that the World belongs to Man.

Indigenous people believe that Man belongs to the World; civilized people believe that the World belongs to Man.

Daniel Quinn quotes: 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.

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.

Daniel Quinn quotes: You wouldn't know from experience that small children are the most powerful learning engines in the known universe.

You wouldn't know from experience that small children are the most powerful learning engines in the known universe.

Daniel Quinn quotes: The first time I read the ad, I choked and cursed and spat and threw the paper to the floor.

The first time I read the ad, I choked and cursed and spat and threw the paper to the floor.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Courage is the virtue of the free.

Courage is the virtue of the free.

Daniel Quinn quotes: No story is devoid of meaning ... If you know how to look for it.

No story is devoid of meaning ... If you know how to look for it.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Has it ever occurred to you to wonder if the history we teach our children is a lie?

Has it ever occurred to you to wonder if the history we teach our children is a lie?

Daniel Quinn quotes: Animists are not so much people with a religion as people with a fundamentally religious way of looking at things.

Animists are not so much people with a religion as people with a fundamentally religious way of looking at things.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Tribal people get more out of life.

Tribal people get more out of life.

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.

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: The rules that govern competition between species are (and must be) very different from the rules that govern competition within species.

The rules that govern competition between species are (and must be) very different from the rules that govern competition within species.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Only slaves love being powerful. HANS ERICH NOSSACK

Only slaves love being powerful. HANS ERICH NOSSACK

Daniel Quinn quotes: How easy it is first to leap to a false conclusion about someone and then to view everything he does in light of that conclusion.

How easy it is first to leap to a false conclusion about someone and then to view everything he does in light of that conclusion.

Daniel Quinn quotes: It's not MAN who is the scourge of the world, it's a single culture. One culture out of hundreds of thousands of cultures. Our culture.

It's not MAN who is the scourge of the world, it's a single culture. One culture out of hundreds of thousands of cultures. Our culture.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Because the tribe is its members, the tribe is what its members want it to be - nothing more and nothing less.

Because the tribe is its members, the tribe is what its members want it to be - nothing more and nothing less.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Don't try to drive the homeless into places we find suitable. Help them survive in places they find suitable.

Don't try to drive the homeless into places we find suitable. Help them survive in places they find suitable.

Daniel Quinn quotes: The obvious can sometimes be illuminating when perceived in an unhabitual way.

The obvious can sometimes be illuminating when perceived in an unhabitual way.

Daniel Quinn quotes: There is enormous pressure on you to take a place in the story your culture is enacting in the world - any place at all.

There is enormous pressure on you to take a place in the story your culture is enacting in the world - any place at all.

Daniel Quinn quotes: The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. ... The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. ... The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Increasing food production to feed an increased population results in yet another increase in population.

Increasing food production to feed an increased population results in yet another increase in population.

Daniel Quinn quotes: It applies to all species without distinction.

It applies to all species without distinction.

Daniel Quinn quotes: But charisma only wins people's attention. Once you have their attention, you have to have something to tell them.

But charisma only wins people's attention. Once you have their attention, you have to have something to tell them.

Daniel Quinn quotes: There are times when having too much to say can be as dumbfounding as having too little.

There are times when having too much to say can be as dumbfounding as having too little.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Donald Trump can do a lot of things I can't, but he can no more get out of the prison than I can

Donald Trump can do a lot of things I can't, but he can no more get out of the prison than I can

Daniel Quinn quotes: I pray about teeth-doesn't everyone? I don't have time to floss. You know. Hang in there, I tell them; I'll get around to it before it's too late.

I pray about teeth-doesn't everyone? I don't have time to floss. You know. Hang in there, I tell them; I'll get around to it before it's too late.

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.

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: We need schools to force kids to learn things they have no use for.

We need schools to force kids to learn things they have no use for.

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.

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: Arts and disciplines of that kind are fundamentally selfish; they're all designed to benefit the pupil - not the world - "Ishmael

Arts and disciplines of that kind are fundamentally selfish; they're all designed to benefit the pupil - not the world - "Ishmael

Daniel Quinn quotes: We had been taken from The Wild and brought together in one place, because, for some strange reason, people found us interesting.

We had been taken from The Wild and brought together in one place, because, for some strange reason, people found us interesting.

Daniel Quinn quotes: If you can't discover what's keeping you in, the will to get out soon becomes confused and ineffectual - Ishmael

If you can't discover what's keeping you in, the will to get out soon becomes confused and ineffectual - Ishmael

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.

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: Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities.

Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities.

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.

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: Pity is always twinged with disgust.

Pity is always twinged with disgust.

Daniel Quinn quotes: For someone bent on achievement, education is a thing you get past and forget about as quickly as possible.

For someone bent on achievement, education is a thing you get past and forget about as quickly as possible.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Our lifestyle is evolutionarily unstableand is therefore in the process of eliminating itself in the perfectly ordinary way.

Our lifestyle is evolutionarily unstable
and is therefore in the process of eliminating itself in the perfectly ordinary way.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Imagine that the gods have a care for everything that lives in the community of life on earth.

Imagine that the gods have a care for everything that lives in the community of life on earth.

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.

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: We are all captives of a story.

We are all captives of a story.

Daniel Quinn quotes: The world is not going to survive very much longer as humanity's captive.

The world is not going to survive very much longer as humanity's captive.

Daniel Quinn quotes: In hierarchal organizations, the boss is a supreme being. In tribal organizations, the boss is just another worker.

In hierarchal organizations, the boss is a supreme being. In tribal organizations, the boss is just another worker.

Daniel Quinn quotes: I can't shake the crazy feeling that there is some small thing that we're being lied to about.

I can't shake the crazy feeling that there is some small thing that we're being lied to about.

Daniel Quinn quotes: What he had to tell them was a story

What he had to tell them was a story

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.

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: You never actually know how you're going to handle a problem until you actually have it.

You never actually know how you're going to handle a problem until you actually have it.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Children don't need learning. They need access to what they want to learn outside the home.

Children don't need learning. They need access to what they want to learn outside the home.

Daniel Quinn quotes: A tribe is nothing more than a coalition of people working together as equals to make a living.

A tribe is nothing more than a coalition of people working together as equals to make a living.

Daniel Quinn quotes: 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

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

Daniel Quinn quotes: There is no one right way to live.

There is no one right way to live.

Daniel Quinn quotes: You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer

You shouldn't have to settle for rabbits if what you want is deer

Daniel Quinn quotes: [A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.

[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.

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.

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: What's normal is for things to work. What's not normal is for things to fail.

What's normal is for things to work. What's not normal is for things to fail.

Daniel Quinn quotes: Simple things are almost always the hardest to explain, Julie. Showing someone how to tie a shoelace is easy. Explaining it is almost impossible.

Simple things are almost always the hardest to explain, Julie. Showing someone how to tie a shoelace is easy. Explaining it is almost impossible.

Daniel Quinn quotes: With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?

With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?

Daniel Quinn quotes: WHAT you DO NOT KNOW YOURSELF, you CANNOT TEACH ANOTHER.

WHAT you DO NOT KNOW YOURSELF, you CANNOT TEACH ANOTHER.

Daniel Quinn quotes: TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person.

TEACHER seeks pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person.

Daniel Quinn quotes: With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?

With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?

Daniel Quinn quotes: 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.

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.

Daniel Quinn quotes: If the world was made for us, then it BELONGS to us and we can do what we damn well please with it.

If the world was made for us, then it BELONGS to us and we can do what we damn well please with it.