What is crucial to your survival as a race is not the redistribution of power and wealth within the prison but rather the destruction of the prison itself.
Daniel QuinnRead
No one species shall make the life of the world its own.' … That's one expression of the law. Here's another: 'The world was not made for any one species.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the interconnectedness of all species and the importance of biodiversity.
Daniel Quinn's quote highlights the idea that no single species can claim ownership over the world or its resources. It underscores the philosophy that our planet is a shared home for countless forms of life, and that each one plays a crucial role in the ecosystem. This expression advocates for a more harmonious coexistence among species rather than dominance by any single one.
Themes
BiodiversityInterconnectednessEcosystemSpeciesCoexistence
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about environmental conservation, one could say, 'As Daniel Quinn wisely stated, no one species shall make the life of the world its own.'
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[I]n Africa I was a member of a family—of a sort of family that the people of your culture haven't known for thousands of years. If gorillas were capable of such an expression, they would tell you that their family is like a hand, of which they are the fingers. They are fully aware of being a family but are very little aware of being individuals. Here in the zoo there were other gorillas—but there was no family. Five severed fingers do not make a hand.
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Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere in the universe that creation came to an end with the birth of man? Do you see the slightest evidence anywhere out there that man was the climax toward which creation had been straining from the beginning? ...Very far from it. The universe went on as before, the planet went on as before. Man's appearance caused no more stir than the appearance of jellyfish.
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