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

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