More quotes by Daniel Quinn, Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

"You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live. … You are captives—and you have made a captive of the world itself. That's what's at stake, isn't it?—your captivity and the captivity of the world."
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"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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"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."
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"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."
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"[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion."
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