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> [You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/you-re-captives-of-a-civilizational-system-that-more-or-less-compels-2/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

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> [“They made an ingenuous and disorganized effort to escape from captivity but ultimately failed, because they were unable to find the bars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/they-made-an-ingenuous-and-disorganized-effort-to-escape-from/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

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> [“You're captives of a civilizational system that more or less compels you to go on destroying the world in order to live...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/you-re-captives-of-a-civilizational-system-that-more-or-less-compels-3/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

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## More by daniel quinn

> [“Because we imagine that we are what humanity was divinely destined to become, we assume that our prehistoric ancestors were trying to be us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/because-we-imagine-that-we-are-what-humanity-was-divinely-destined-to/)

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> [The deer aren't our prey or our possessions -- they're us. They're us at one point in the cycle of life and we're them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/the-deer-aren-t-our-prey-or-our-possessions-they-re-us-they-re-us-at/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [ “\[N\]ow we have a clearer idea what this story is all about: The world was made for man, and man was made to rule… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/n-ow-we-have-a-clearer-idea-what-this-story-is-all-about-the-world/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [The premise of the Taker story is 'the world belongs to man'. … The premise of the Leaver story is 'man belongs to the world'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/the-premise-of-the-taker-story-is-the-world-belongs-to-man-the/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [“Pharaohs It took Khufu twenty-three years to build his Great Pyramid at Giza, where some eleven hundred stone blocks, each weighing about two and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/pharaohs-it-took-khufu-twenty-three-years-to-build-his-great-pyramid/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [Man's destiny was to conquer and rule the world, and this is what he's done.. almost. He hasn't quite made it, and it looks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/man-s-destiny-was-to-conquer-and-rule-the-world-and-this-is-what-he-s/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [“Many peoples practiced agriculture, but they were never obsessed by the delusion that what they were doing was \*right\*, that everyone in the entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/many-peoples-practiced-agriculture-but-they-were-never-obsessed-by/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [“No undesirable behavior has ever been eliminated by passing a law against it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/no-undesirable-behavior-has-ever-been-eliminated-by-passing-a-law/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [“How easy it is first to leap to a false conclusion about someone and then to view everything he does in light of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/how-easy-it-is-first-to-leap-to-a-false-conclusion-about-someone-and/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [Far and away the most futile admonition Christ ever offered was when he said, 'Have no care for tomorrow. Don't worry about whether you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/far-and-away-the-most-futile-admonition-christ-ever-offered-was-when/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [During your lifetime, the people of our culture are going to figure out how to live sustainably on this planet--or they're not. Either way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/during-your-lifetime-the-people-of-our-culture-are-going-to-figure/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [“Everyone in your culture knows this. Man was born to turn the world into a paradise, but tragically he was born flawed. And so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/everyone-in-your-culture-knows-this-man-was-born-to-turn-the-world/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [Most beginning writers - and I was the same - are like chefs trying to cook great dishes that they've never tasted themselves. How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/most-beginning-writers-and-i-was-the-same-are-like-chefs-trying-to/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [“Westereners often think that the East is one vast Buddhist temple, which is rather like thinking the West is one vast Carthusian monastery. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/westereners-often-think-that-the-east-is-one-vast-buddhist-temple/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

> [“Man's destiny was to conquer and rule the world, and this is what he's done--almost. He hasn't quite made it, and it looks as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-quinn/man-s-destiny-was-to-conquer-and-rule-the-world-and-this-is-what-he-s-2/)

[Daniel Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-quinn/)

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