Shevek

Character in The Dispossessed From: The Dispossessed

Physicist and protagonist who bridges two societies

259 quotes

"The revolution is not won; it must be lived daily"
Perseverance
"Property corrupts even the most noble intentions"
Justice
"To work without reward is to discover work's true value"
Work
"The equations of physics are neutral; politics uses them"
Technology
"Kindness in a hierarchical world is rebellion"
Kindness
"Power without accountability becomes tyranny"
Power
"Motivation arises from believing in shared purpose"
Motivation
"Solitude teaches what community cannot"
Solitude
"Philosophy without action is merely entertainment"
Philosophy
"We are the people who refused the archive"
Freedom
"One cannot buy the revolution"
Politics
"The door is open"
Freedom
"Knowledge without application is empty"
Knowledge
"Time is the substance of change"
Time
"The individual must serve the whole"
Philosophy
"Physics mirrors the soul of society"
Science
"Compromise is death to ideals"
Politics
"Distance creates both longing and truth"
Relationships
"Work without choice is slavery"
Work
"We cannot escape our origins"
Philosophy
"The mind is a universe unto itself"
Imagination
"Truth survives all systems"
Truth
"Knowledge belongs to all"
Education
"We are prisoners of our own making"
Freedom
"Solitude is both refuge and prison"
Solitude
"Motivation without purpose is hollow"
Motivation
"We are the people who refused the chips and the chains"
Freedom
"In the end, we are all dispossessed"
Truth
"The wall divides not stones but souls"
Justice
"The word 'mine' is the beginning of all misery"
Philosophy