The Dispossessed

Book · 4 characters · 405 quotes · 1974

Quotes from The Dispossessed

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"In learning to speak to others, I learned to speak to myself."
Shevek Knowledge
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"The wall that separates us divides not land but consciousness."
Shevek Philosophy
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"Time is the quality that makes change possible."
Shevek Time
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"We are all exiles, but some of us know it."
Takver Solitude
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"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty."
Shevek Life
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"The person who refuses to do his work is lazy and on the other hand the person who merely obeys orders is a coward."
Shevek Courage
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"One cannot buy the revolution. One cannot make the revolution. One can only be the revolution."
Shevek Politics
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"The suffering of the individual is the foundation of the beauty of the world."
Shevek Wisdom
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"We are the people of the world. We have no leaders because we are free."
Shevek Freedom
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"True journey is return to the actual present moment."
Shevek Philosophy
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"Time is the substance I'm made of."
Shevek Time
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"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, universal disagreement."
Shevek Politics
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"Ignorance is not bliss. It is oblivion."
Shevek Knowledge
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"Suffering is the condition on which we live. And when it comes, you know it always had been, and always will be."
Takver Wisdom
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"We are the people who refuse to take the easy way."
Shevek Courage
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"The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, world-wide, universal disagreement."
Shevek Freedom
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"We are what we choose to become."
Takver Motivation
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"The wall between us is made of fear."
Shevek Peace
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"Dreams are the foundation of reality."
Shevek Dreams
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"Gratitude is the root of happiness."
Takver Gratitude
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"Power corrupts those who believe they deserve it."
Shevek Power
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"Authority without consent is tyranny."
Shevek Justice
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"The strength of a chain is its weakest link."
Odo Strength
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"Creativity flourishes where hierarchy falls."
Shevek Creativity
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"The imagination requires freedom."
Shevek Imagination
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"Work without joy is slavery."
Takver Work
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"Fear is the tool of tyrants."
Shevek Fear
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"The personal is political."
Takver Politics
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"Science demands freedom of thought."
Shevek Science
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"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of justice."
Shevek Peace