"It is our fall from a simplicity and fullness of life directly experienced, from the sensuous moment of knowing, which leaves a gap that the symbolic can never bridge."

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Source : John Zerzan (2002). “Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilisation”

John Zerzan

#Fall Quotes #Bridges Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“My younger sister retired a few years ago after a 30-year career teaching history and social studies at an inner-city high school.”
“A man lets you know who he is by how he treats others.”
“In the 1990s, human intelligence gathering was seriously neglected.”
“Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.”
“I don't consider myself a very religious person in any.”
“The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.”
“When I started to sing, my mother would have me engaged to perform at the Women's Christian Temperance Union national or annual meetings. I would hate doing this because I wanted to play baseball or go off skiing.”
“The truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking.”

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