More Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin
What goes too long unchanged destroys itself.
Our roots are in the dark; the earth is our country. Why did we look up for blessing -- instead of around, and down? What hope we have lies there. Not in the sky full of orbiting spy-eyes and weaponry, but in the earth we have looked down upon. Not from above, but from below. Not in the light that blinds, but in the dark that nourishes, where human beings grow human souls.
No society can change the nature of existence. We can't prevent suffering. This pain and that pain, yes, but not Pain. A society can only relieve social suffering, unnecessary suffering. The rest remains. The root, the reality.
When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.
I hope you are never victims, but I hope you have no power over other people.
People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.
The creative adult is the child who has survived.
You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
To hear, one must be silent.
To be oneself is a rare thing, and a great one.
