If you alone found out what the lie was, then you're probably rightโit would make no great difference. But if you ALL found out what the lie was, it might conceivably make a very great difference indeed.
Daniel QuinnBut why? Why do you need prophets to tell you how you ought to live? Why do you need anyone to tell you how you ought to live
Daniel QuinnDon't wait. Where do you expect to get by waiting? Doing is what teaches you. Doing is what leads to inspiration. Doing is what generates ideas. Nothing else, and nothing less.
Daniel QuinnThere's nothing fundamentally wrong with people. Given a story to enact that puts them in accord with the world, they will live in accord with the world. But given a story to enact that puts them at odds with the world, as yours does, they will live at odds with the world. Given a story to enact in which they are the lords of the world, they will ACT like lords of the world. And, given a story to enact in which the world is a foe to be conquered, they will conquer it like a foe, and one day, inevitably, their foe will lie bleeding to death at their feet, as the world is now.
Daniel Quinn