Philosophy Quote by Daniel Quinn — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

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

“If you go to Singapore or Amsterdam or Seoul or Buenos Aires or Islamabad or Johannesburg or Tampa or Istanbul or Kyoto, you'll find that the people differ wildly in the way they dress, in their marriage customs, in the holidays they observe, in their religious rituals, and so on, but they all expect the food to be under lock and key. It's all owned, and if you want some, you'll have to buy it.”

“Diversity is a survival factor for the community itself. A community of a hundred million species can survive anything short of total global catastrophe. Within that hundred million will be thousands that could survive a global temperature drop of twenty degrees—which would be a lot more devastating than it sounds. Within that hundred million will be thousands that could survive a global temperature rise of twenty degrees. But a community of a hundred species or a thousand species has almost no survival value at all.”

“[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.”

“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.”

“Excess of strength alone is proof of strength”

“Pay attention to me.”

“When the mind is free, magic happens.”

“Is the world really beautified by the fact that man thinks it beautiful? He has humanized it, that is all.”

“More powerful than the mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.”

“Logika adalah keadilan dan dialektika adalah kebijaksanaan”