In this world of ours, a world of powerful centers and subjugated outposts, there is no wealth that must not be held in some suspicion.
Interpretation
Wealth and power often come with hidden costs and moral questions.
Eduardo Galeano's quote reflects on the complexity of wealth in a world characterized by power disparities. He suggests that wealth should be viewed with skepticism, as it often comes from or contributes to the oppression of others, prompting a deeper consideration of morality and ethics in our societal structures.
In practice
In a discussion about economic inequality, this quote highlights the moral implications of wealth.
Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs ten steps further away. As much as I may walk, I'll never reach it. So what's the point of utopia? The point is this: to keep walking.
It is highly improbable that the bureaucrat will put his life on the line. It is absolutely impossible that he'll put his job on the line.
We live in a world that treats the dead better than the living. We, the living are askers of questions and givers of answers, and we have other grave defects unpardonable by a system that believes death, like money, improves people.
History never really says goodbye. History says, 'See you later.'
The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that business.
Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten steps forward, it swiftly slips ten steps ahead. No matter how far I go, I can never reach it. What, then, is the purpose of utopia? It is to cause us to advance.
The unformed is not worse than the over-formed. The former is nothing; the latter is mere appearance. Real form presupposes real life.
We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.
I'm not sure what we're running from. Nobody. Or the future. Fate. Growing up. Getting old. Picking up the pieces. As if running we won't have to get on with our lives.
The treasure I have found cannot be described in words, the mind cannot conceive of it.
Sir, usually I do preach for souls, but my orphans cannot eat souls. And if they could, it would take four souls the size of yours to make a square meal for just one orphan!
The atom cannot disobey the law. Whether it is the mental or the physical atom, it must obey the law. "What is the use of [external restraint]?"
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