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“The long and short of it is that the master makes himself a slave to his slave by needing that domination to define him.”
― Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
― Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
“But when a given group is used to having all of the political power, and virtually unlimited privilege to define and name the world, any
power sharing, any obligation to hear the opinions of formerly ‘subject races’ -
who would have once been called uppity niggers and lynched accordingly - can
feel like oppression.”
― Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
power sharing, any obligation to hear the opinions of formerly ‘subject races’ -
who would have once been called uppity niggers and lynched accordingly - can
feel like oppression.”
― Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
“If you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can’t need social approval to go forward.”
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“Stop trying to imitate what the sages have done. That's past, and though it might have been appropriate at the time, that time is over. The present is alive. Don't use what's dead as a guide to what's alive.”
― Waterway: a new translation of the Tao Te Ching and introducing the Wu Wei Ching
― Waterway: a new translation of the Tao Te Ching and introducing the Wu Wei Ching
“Love is the nourishment for the soul. Just as food is to the body, so love is to the soul. Without food the body is weak, without love the soul is weak. And no state, no church, no vested interest has ever wanted people to have strong souls, because a person with spiritual energy is bound to be rebellious. Love makes you rebellious, revolutionary. Love gives you wings to soar high. Love gives you insight into things, so that nobody can deceive you, exploit you, oppress you. And the priests and the politicians survive only on your blood; they survive only on exploitation.”
― Love, Freedom, and Aloneness: On Relationships, Sex, Meditation, and Silence
― Love, Freedom, and Aloneness: On Relationships, Sex, Meditation, and Silence
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