"For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities."

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Source : Derrick Jensen (2006). “Endgame”, p.404, Seven Stories Press

Derrick Jensen

#Lying Quotes #Deceit Quotes #Way Quotes

“Twitter marketing in 4 words: Listen. Learn. Care. Serve.”
“When all the words have been written, and all the phrases have been spoken, the great mystery of life will still remain. We may map the terrains of our lives, measure the farthest reaches of the universe, but no amount of searching will ever reveal for certain whether we are all children of chance or part of a great design. And who among us would have it otherwise? Who would wish to take the mystery out of the experience of looking into a newborn infant's eyes?”
“Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement.”
“In retrospect I can see that my desire to create abstractions has become more and more radical. Art should not be delivering a report on reality, but should be looking at what's behind something.”
“To have loved, to have been made happy thus, / What better fate has life in store for us?”

Source : Arthur Symons (1924). “The collected works of Arthur Symons”
“India was not a pacifist country at all. India placed great emphasis on the higher value on... on violence. But it was never a substitute for not doing anything, or for cowardice.”
“I sometimes feel like when you're talking to boys, they just hear certain keywordsâ€¦ But if you had a bubble above their head, they'd be thinking about game scores, masturbation and food.”
“A good man will not engage even in a national cause, without examining the justice of it.”

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