Blessed are those who do whatever they can wherever they are, for no one is devoid of resources or opportunities.
Daniel Quinn[A]ny species that exempts itself from the rules of competition ends up destroying the community in order to support its own expansion.
Daniel QuinnWe're straying from the path of salvation because we remember that we once belonged to the world and were content in that belonging.
Daniel QuinnMan'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 though this may be his undoing. The problem is that man's conquest of the world has itself devastated the world. And in spite of all the mastery we've attained, we don't have enough mastery to stop devastating the world.. or to repair the devastation we've already wrought.
Daniel Quinn