The Dispossessed

Book · 4 characters · 405 quotes · 1974

Quotes from The Dispossessed

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"True friendship transcends ideology"
Takver Friendship
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"Creativity cannot flourish under constraint"
Shevek Creativity
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"To change the world, we must first change ourselves"
Takver Change
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"The physicist and the poet seek the same truth"
Shevek Science
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"Knowledge shared is knowledge multiplied"
Shevek Knowledge
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"Love is the only revolution that matters"
Takver Love
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"The wall divides but also defines"
Shevek Politics
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"We must learn to live without dominion"
Shevek Freedom
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"Property is theft from the commons"
Odo Justice
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"The only way out is through"
Takver Perseverance
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"We are all exiles"
Shevek Solitude
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"Gratitude is the measure of a civilized society."
Shevek Gratitude
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"To persist is to resist."
Takver Perseverance
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"The philosopher speaks truth; the poet sings it."
Shevek Literature
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"The greatest strength is to admit weakness."
Takver Strength
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"Technology without wisdom destroys as much as it creates."
Shevek Technology
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"We dream not of escape but of return."
Shevek Dreams
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"In solitude, we learn to live with ourselves."
Takver Solitude
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"Science must serve humanity or it serves nothing."
Shevek Science
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"Kindness is not weakness but strength in its truest form."
Shevek Kindness
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"The journey matters more than arrival."
Takver Adventure
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"To know oneself is to know the world."
Shevek Knowledge
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"Change is the only permanent law of nature."
Shevek Change
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"They have walls, but we have each other."
Takver Friendship
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"Fear is the tool of the oppressor."
Shevek Fear
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"Language itself is a revolution."
Shevek Education
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"In the end, we return to where we began."
Takver Hope
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"The mathematician who cannot feel beauty cannot truly understand."
Shevek Beauty
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"Desire for possession grows in proportion to the ability to possess."
Shevek Money
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"Power lies not in weapons but in the refusal to submit."
Shevek Power