In all of my books, I've emphasized that the fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that, for even… — Derrick Jensen Being Copy Share Image
“For instance, have you heard of Rupert Sheldrake’s work with dogs? He puts a time-recording camera on both the dog at home… — Derrick Jensen Living things Copy Share Image
Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive… — Derrick Jensen Believe Copy Share Image
When we realize the degree of agency we actually do have, we no longer have to "hope" at all. We simply do… — Derrick Jensen Agency Copy Share Image
“Last December I saw an advertisement outside an electronics store. There was a little boy, delirious with delight, surrounded by computers, stereos,… — Derrick Jensen Children Copy Share Image
We can follow the example of those who remembered that the role of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive… — Derrick Jensen Activist Copy Share Image
As is true for most people I know, I've always loved learning. As is also true for most people I know, I… — Derrick Jensen Education Copy Share Image
“A primary purpose of Judeo-Christianity has not been to move us toward a community where the teachings of someone like Jesus -… — Derrick Jensen Aspects of life Copy Share Image
If we hope to stem the mass destruction that inevitably attends our economic system (and to alter the sense of entitlement -… — Derrick Jensen Behavior Copy Share Image
The task we all face as human beings ... is to find and become who we are. The task teachers face is… — Derrick Jensen Education Copy Share Image
“I'm frightened of the intellectualism that can insulate us from action and turn the problems and solutions into puzzles or fantasies.” — Derrick Jensen Problems and solutions Copy Share Image
I've since come to understand the reason school lasts thirteen years. It takes that long to sufficiently break a child's will. It… — Derrick Jensen Break Copy Share Image
Question four: What book would you give to every child? Answer: I wouldn't give them a book. Books are part of the… — Derrick Jensen Answers Copy Share Image
By deafening ourselves to the emotional consequences of violence we have become confused by its relationship to sex. We have come to… — Derrick Jensen Aggression Copy Share Image
The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world. — Derrick Jensen Experience Copy Share Image
“No anesthetic was necessary for the people who ordered the killings; they had the misleading language of technocratic bureaucracy to distance them… — Derrick Jensen Beauty Copy Share Image
In order to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves. — Derrick Jensen Life Copy Share Image
Stand with me. Stand and fight. I am one, and we would be two. Two more might join and we would be… — Derrick Jensen Eight Copy Share Image
“Blasphemy is more complicated than the simple act of cursing God. It is an attempt to remove our cultural eyeglasses, or at… — Derrick Jensen Beyond the stars Copy Share Image
Have you ever felt love? Did you need scientific proof of this? How would you have definitively and scientifically proved your love… — Derrick Jensen Experience Copy Share Image
Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy… — Derrick Jensen Accepted Copy Share Image
All the mega corporations on the planet make their obscene profits off the labor and suffering of others, with complete disregard for… — Derrick Jensen Corporations Copy Share Image
There is always money to kill people. There is never enough money for life affirming ends. — Derrick Jensen Affirming Copy Share Image
The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or… — Derrick Jensen Activist Copy Share Image
“One of the fables we live by is that some day the killing will stop. If only we rid ourselves of Chinese,… — Derrick Jensen Bin laden Copy Share Image
