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Derrick Jensen Quotes

The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world Picture Quote #1

I had broken the most basic commandment of our culture: Thou shalt pretend there is nothing wrong Picture Quote #1

The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human (and nonhuman) impoverishment Picture Quote #1

The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or between mainstream and grassroots activists. The dividing line is between those who do something and those who do nothing Picture Quote #1

So long as we only believe in the justice of the state, of the law - made by those in power, to serve those in power - so long will we continue to be exploited by those in power Picture Quote #1

Premise Eight: The needs of the natural world are more important than the needs of the economic system Picture Quote #1

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The task we all face as human beings... is to find and become who we are. The task teachers face is to find their own way of teaching, one that manifests who they are Picture Quote #1

From the perspective of those who are entitled, the problems begin when those they despise do not go along with - and have the power and wherewithal to not go along with - the perceived entitlement Picture Quote #1

If any thing can be predicated as universally true of uncultivated man, it is that he will not labour beyond what is absolutely necessary to maintain his existence Picture Quote #1

To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity Picture Quote #1

If we wish to stop the atrocities, we will need to understand and change the social and economic conditions that cause them Picture Quote #1

I quit work two weeks later - having sold another eighty of my hours - and knew I could never again work a regular job Picture Quote #1

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Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical Picture Quote #1

No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet Picture Quote #1

For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities Picture Quote #1

Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make you cry Picture Quote #1

We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means - all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity Picture Quote #1

It's okay to be happy, it's okay to live your life exactly the way you want it... It's okay to find what makes you happy and then to fight for it. To dedicate your life to discovering who you are Picture Quote #1

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Perception creates behavior. Perception encourages behavior. And because this institution - this artifice - continues to socially reinforce patterns of perception and behavior, if this behavior is destructive, it may not be a bad idea to eliminate or curtail the institution Picture Quote #1

In sum, one of the primary things I learned was how to kill time. I learned also to wish away my life. I learned to give myself away Picture Quote #1

The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves Picture Quote #1

Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive activities of corporations. At last most of us must understand that the opposite is true: that the primary purpose of government is to protect those who run the economy from the outrage of injured citizens Picture Quote #1

Those in power have made it so we have to pay simply to exist on the planet. We have to pay for a place to sleep, and we have to pay for food. If we don’t, people with guns come and force us to pay. That’s violent Picture Quote #1

A culture that values production over life values the wrong things, because it will produce things at the expense of living beings, human or otherwise Picture Quote #1

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We have a need for enchantment that is as deep and devoted as our need for food and water Picture Quote #1

It’s no wonder we don’t defend the land where we live. We don’t live here. We live in television programs and movies and books and with celebrities and in heaven and by rules and laws and abstractions created by people far away and we live anywhere and everywhere except in our particular bodies on this particular land at this particular moment in these particular circumstances Picture Quote #1

I waited for him to come out. He didn't. I considered going in after him, but knew the fact that I had readied myself to kill him did not mean that he had readied himself to die Picture Quote #1

Yes, it’s vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself, and to focus primarily on making oneself better, is an immense copout, an abrogation of responsibility Picture Quote #1

A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper Picture Quote #1

There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of bodies, of body on body, wind on snow, rain on trees, wave on stone. It is the language of dream, gesture, symbol, memory. We have forgotten this language. We do not even remember that it exists Picture Quote #1

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The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world (Derrick Jensen Quotes) I had broken the most basic commandment of our culture: Thou shalt pretend there is nothing wrong (Derrick Jensen Quotes) The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human (and nonhuman) impoverishment (Derrick Jensen Quotes) The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or between mainstream and grassroots activists. The dividing line is between those who do something and those who do nothing (Derrick Jensen Quotes) So long as we only believe in the justice of the state, of the law - made by those in power, to serve those in power - so long will we continue to be exploited by those in power (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Premise Eight: The needs of the natural world are more important than the needs of the economic system (Derrick Jensen Quotes) The task we all face as human beings... is to find and become who we are. The task teachers face is to find their own way of teaching, one that manifests who they are (Derrick Jensen Quotes) From the perspective of those who are entitled, the problems begin when those they despise do not go along with - and have the power and wherewithal to not go along with - the perceived entitlement (Derrick Jensen Quotes) If any thing can be predicated as universally true of uncultivated man, it is that he will not labour beyond what is absolutely necessary to maintain his existence (Derrick Jensen Quotes) To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity (Derrick Jensen Quotes) If we wish to stop the atrocities, we will need to understand and change the social and economic conditions that cause them (Derrick Jensen Quotes) I quit work two weeks later - having sold another eighty of my hours - and knew I could never again work a regular job (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical (Derrick Jensen Quotes) No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet (Derrick Jensen Quotes) For us to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other and especially to ourselves. The lies are necessary because, without them, many deplorable acts would become impossibilities (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Like the layers of an onion, under the first lie is another, and under that another, and they all make you cry (Derrick Jensen Quotes) We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means - all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity (Derrick Jensen Quotes) It's okay to be happy, it's okay to live your life exactly the way you want it... It's okay to find what makes you happy and then to fight for it. To dedicate your life to discovering who you are (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Perception creates behavior. Perception encourages behavior. And because this institution - this artifice - continues to socially reinforce patterns of perception and behavior, if this behavior is destructive, it may not be a bad idea to eliminate or curtail the institution (Derrick Jensen Quotes) In sum, one of the primary things I learned was how to kill time. I learned also to wish away my life. I learned to give myself away (Derrick Jensen Quotes) The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Surely by now there can be few here who still believe the purpose of government is to protect us from the destructive activities of corporations. At last most of us must understand that the opposite is true: that the primary purpose of government is to protect those who run the economy from the outrage of injured citizens (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Those in power have made it so we have to pay simply to exist on the planet. We have to pay for a place to sleep, and we have to pay for food. If we don’t, people with guns come and force us to pay. That’s violent (Derrick Jensen Quotes) A culture that values production over life values the wrong things, because it will produce things at the expense of living beings, human or otherwise (Derrick Jensen Quotes) We have a need for enchantment that is as deep and devoted as our need for food and water (Derrick Jensen Quotes) It’s no wonder we don’t defend the land where we live. We don’t live here. We live in television programs and movies and books and with celebrities and in heaven and by rules and laws and abstractions created by people far away and we live anywhere and everywhere except in our particular bodies on this particular land at this particular moment in these particular circumstances (Derrick Jensen Quotes) I waited for him to come out. He didn't. I considered going in after him, but knew the fact that I had readied myself to kill him did not mean that he had readied himself to die (Derrick Jensen Quotes) Yes, it’s vital to make lifestyle choices to mitigate damage caused by being a member of industrialized civilization, but to assign primary responsibility to oneself, and to focus primarily on making oneself better, is an immense copout, an abrogation of responsibility (Derrick Jensen Quotes) A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper (Derrick Jensen Quotes) There is a language older by far and deeper than words. It is the language of bodies, of body on body, wind on snow, rain on trees, wave on stone. It is the language of dream, gesture, symbol, memory. We have forgotten this language. We do not even remember that it exists (Derrick Jensen Quotes)

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