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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.


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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.



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.



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



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'.



The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison.

The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison.



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.



There is no one right way to live.

There is no one right way to live.



[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.



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.

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.



No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.

No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.





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