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Laurens van der Post Quotes: We have a mighty task before us. The earth needs our assistance.
         

We have a mighty task before us. The earth needs our assistance.


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Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.



Man is never alone. Acknowledged or unacknowledged, that which dreams through him is always there to support him from within.

Man is never alone. Acknowledged or unacknowledged, that which dreams through him is always there to support him from within.



Life is its own journey, presupposes its own change and movement, and one tries to arrest them at one's eternal peril.

Life is its own journey, presupposes its own change and movement, and one tries to arrest them at one's eternal peril.



The mystery of creation was always between two, in an awareness that there was always both a 'thou'and and 'I'.

The mystery of creation was always between two, in an awareness that there was always both a 'thou'and and 'I'.



Of all man's inborn dispositions there is none more heroic than the love in him. Everything else accepts defeat and dies, but love will fight no-love every inch of the way.

Of all man's inborn dispositions there is none more heroic than the love in him. Everything else accepts defeat and dies, but love will fight no-love every inch of the way.



Creativity and love come from the same source.

Creativity and love come from the same source.



You cannot take the life of your times further than you have taken yourself.

You cannot take the life of your times further than you have taken yourself.



Organized religion is making Christianity political rather than making politics Christian.

Organized religion is making Christianity political rather than making politics Christian.



There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living . . . a way in which life itself is sheer knowing.

There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living . . . a way in which life itself is sheer knowing.



[The] Japanese were a people in a profound, inverse, reverse, or if I preferred it, even perverse sense, more in love with death than living.

[The] Japanese were a people in a profound, inverse, reverse, or if I preferred it, even perverse sense, more in love with death than living.





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I remember growing up, having sports to go to, having recess, those were the things I looked forward to. Yes, I'm an athlete, but I had buddies who weren't, and they looked forward to it, too.

I remember growing up, having sports to go to, having recess, those were the things I looked forward to. Yes, I'm an athlete, but I had buddies who weren't, and they looked forward to it, too.



While local economies may experience significant price imbalances, a national severe price distortion seems most unlikely in the United States, given its size and diversity.

While local economies may experience significant price imbalances, a national severe price distortion seems most unlikely in the United States, given its size and diversity.



Begin with your daily life. Take your life as a challenge and try to bring yourself into harmony with each thing in your life.

Begin with your daily life. Take your life as a challenge and try to bring yourself into harmony with each thing in your life.



If you put your cameras down you might be able to live in the moment. You have a memory there of something you've never lived.

If you put your cameras down you might be able to live in the moment. You have a memory there of something you've never lived.



I was very impressed with the street food of Singapore. I was very impressed with the dishes that they did.

I was very impressed with the street food of Singapore. I was very impressed with the dishes that they did.



To a new generation of butterflies, hopefully less stupid than last. Maybe they were burgeoning even now in fat little cocoons. Or maybe not.

To a new generation of butterflies, hopefully less stupid than last. Maybe they were burgeoning even now in fat little cocoons. Or maybe not.



Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality.

Poverty should not be viewed by us as a humiliation and even less so as a position of honour or a fatality.



Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal.

Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal.



Politics, like advertising, is about people selling you things you didn't really want or need.

Politics, like advertising, is about people selling you things you didn't really want or need.




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