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Derrick Jensen quotes: A real partnership in which all parties help all others to be more fully themselves

A real partnership in which all parties help all others to be more fully themselves

Derrick Jensen quotes: Our lawns manifest our cultural desire: they are static, they are artificial, and they are kept sexually immature.

Our lawns manifest our cultural desire: they are static, they are artificial, and they are kept sexually immature.

Derrick Jensen quotes: I think a lot of us are increasingly recognizing that the dominant culture is killing the planet.

I think a lot of us are increasingly recognizing that the dominant culture is killing the planet.

Derrick Jensen quotes: We have a need for enchantment that is as deep and devoted as our need for food and water.

We have a need for enchantment that is as deep and devoted as our need for food and water.

Derrick Jensen quotes: ...a woman smart and persistent enough that even a PhD in psychology hasn't clouded her insight into how people think and act.

...a woman smart and persistent enough that even a PhD in psychology hasn't clouded her insight into how people think and act.

Derrick Jensen quotes: We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls.

We cannot hope to create a sustainable culture with any but sustainable souls.

Derrick Jensen quotes: We must learn how to think like the planet.

We must learn how to think like the planet.

Derrick Jensen quotes: If we wish to stop the atrocities, we need merely to step away from the isolation. There is a whole world waiting for us, ready to welcome us home.

If we wish to stop the atrocities, we need merely to step away from the isolation. There is a whole world waiting for us, ready to welcome us home.

Derrick Jensen quotes: Forests precede us and deserts dog our heels.

Forests precede us and deserts dog our heels.

Derrick Jensen quotes: I am only so beautiful as the character of my relationships, only so rich as I enrich those around me, only so alive as I enliven those I greet.

I am only so beautiful as the character of my relationships, only so rich as I enrich those around me, only so alive as I enliven those I greet.

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.

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: I thought a forest was made up entirely of trees, but now I know that the foundation lies below ground, in the fungi.

I thought a forest was made up entirely of trees, but now I know that the foundation lies below ground, in the fungi.

Derrick Jensen quotes: Learning has to come from doing, not intellectualizing.

Learning has to come from doing, not intellectualizing.

Derrick Jensen quotes: A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper.

A primary purpose of the police is to enforce the delusions of those with lots of green paper.

Derrick Jensen quotes: When we realize the degree of agency we actually do have, we no longer have to "hope" at all. We simply do the work.

When we realize the degree of agency we actually do have, we no longer have to "hope" at all. We simply do the work.

Derrick Jensen quotes: Civilization can never be sustainable.

Civilization can never be sustainable.

Derrick Jensen quotes: The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves.

The only real job of a teacher, especially a writing teacher, is to help students find themselves.

Derrick Jensen quotes: If you only had a limited time to life (which is of course the case), how would you spend your time?

If you only had a limited time to life (which is of course the case), how would you spend your time?

Derrick Jensen quotes: The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human (and nonhuman) impoverishment.

The global industrial economy is the engine for massive environmental degradation and massive human (and nonhuman) impoverishment.

Derrick Jensen quotes: A system of domination will always be undernourished.

A system of domination will always be undernourished.

Derrick Jensen quotes: If the world is presented as resources to be exploited, then, more than likely, you're going to exploit the world.

If the world is presented as resources to be exploited, then, more than likely, you're going to exploit the world.

Derrick Jensen quotes: I'm frightened of the intellectualism that can insulate us from action and turn the problems and solutions into puzzles or fantasies.

I'm frightened of the intellectualism that can insulate us from action and turn the problems and solutions into puzzles or fantasies.

Derrick Jensen quotes: If your homeland were invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?

If your homeland were invaded by aliens who cut down the forests, poisoned the water and air and contaminated the food supply, would you resist?

Derrick Jensen quotes: To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity.

To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity.

Derrick Jensen quotes: A language Older Than Words

A language Older Than Words

Derrick Jensen quotes: In order to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves.

In order to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves.

Derrick Jensen quotes: I think it's very important for us to start to build a culture of resistance, because what we're doing isn't working, clearly.

I think it's very important for us to start to build a culture of resistance, because what we're doing isn't working, clearly.

Derrick Jensen quotes: White [...] "Indian wannabees" or as those who mine indiginous traditions the way multinationals mine their land.

White [...] "Indian wannabees" or as those who mine indiginous traditions the way multinationals mine their land.

Derrick Jensen quotes: Within this culture wealth is measured by one's ability to consume and destroy.

Within this culture wealth is measured by one's ability to consume and destroy.

Derrick Jensen quotes: All writers are propagandists.

All writers are propagandists.

Derrick Jensen quotes: From the beginning, this culture - civilization - has been a culture of occupation.

From the beginning, this culture - civilization - has been a culture of occupation.

Derrick Jensen quotes: As is true for most people I know, I've always loved learning. As is also true for most people I know, I always hated school. Why is that?

As is true for most people I know, I've always loved learning. As is also true for most people I know, I always hated school. Why is that?

Derrick Jensen quotes: If your community is founded on an injustice, that injustice cannot be questioned.

If your community is founded on an injustice, that injustice cannot be questioned.

Derrick Jensen quotes: The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world.

The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world.

Derrick Jensen quotes: A friend asked, "If increased awareness means less happiness, why bother?" No answer.

A friend asked, "If increased awareness means less happiness, why bother?" No answer.

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.

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: Every morning when I awake I ask myself whether I should write or blow up a dam. I tell myself I should keep writing, though I'm not sure that's right

Every morning when I awake I ask myself whether I should write or blow up a dam. I tell myself I should keep writing, though I'm not sure that's right

Derrick Jensen quotes: There is always money to kill people. There is never enough money for life affirming ends.

There is always money to kill people. There is never enough money for life affirming ends.

Derrick Jensen quotes: Love does not imply pacifism.

Love does not imply pacifism.

Derrick Jensen quotes: Civilization is not and can never be sustainable.

Civilization is not and can never be sustainable.

Derrick Jensen quotes: I had broken the most basic commandment of our culture: Thou shalt pretend there is nothing wrong.

I had broken the most basic commandment of our culture: Thou shalt pretend there is nothing wrong.

Derrick Jensen quotes: Maud Gonne was - excuse me, Maud Gonne was central to the Gaelic literature revival. She wrote plays, and she sang.

Maud Gonne was - excuse me, Maud Gonne was central to the Gaelic literature revival. She wrote plays, and she sang.

Derrick Jensen quotes: Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical.

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

Derrick Jensen quotes: Premise Eight: The needs of the natural world are more important than the needs of the economic system.

Premise Eight: The needs of the natural world are more important than the needs of the economic system.

Derrick Jensen quotes: We have been too kind to those who are killing the planet. We have been inexcusably, unforgivably, insanely kind.

We have been too kind to those who are killing the planet. We have been inexcusably, unforgivably, insanely kind.