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William Irwin Thompson Quotes
«The most perplexing form of evil, and especially so for all idealists, is that kind of evil which comes out of our efforts to do good. Perhaps when we try to do good without love, we create evil.»
Author: William Irwin Thompson
| Keywords:
comes out, do good, efforts, especially, for all, Idealists, perplex, perplexes, perplexing, The Idealists
«If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you»
Author: William Irwin Thompson
| About:
Destiny
| Keywords:
create, destiny, fate, inflicted, inflicting, the Fates
«I don't think anyone now really understands the planetisation of mankind, really understands the new world order emerging through all this period of strain and pain and contradiction, so more than ever, we need to have an internal sense of navigation»
Author: William Irwin Thompson
| About:
Mankind,
Understanding
| Keywords:
contradiction, emerging, internal, navigation, New World, strain
«Like a shadow that does not permit us to jump over it, but moves with us to maintain its proper distance, pollution is nature's answer to culture. When we have learned to recycle pollution into potent information, we will have passed over completely into the new cultural ecology.»
«Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply a hysterical and unbalanced rage for order amidst their own chaos.»
Author: William Irwin Thompson
| Keywords:
hysterical, idealism, idealistic, Rage for, reformers, unbalance, unbalanced