Home / Quotes / Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“I hope you are never victims, but I hope you have no power over other people.”

Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

Author

Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin, born on October 21, 1929, is an esteemed American author of science fiction and fantasy. Known for her profound philosophical insights, rich imagination, and unique narrative style, Le Guin's works have won numerous literary awards and have had a significant impact on science fiction and fantasy literature. Her most famous works include the 'Earthsea' series and 'The Left Hand of Darkness', which have won her awards such as the Nebula and Hugo Awards, and she has also received the National Book Award for lifetime achievement for her contributions to literature. more

You May Also Like

“We must face the fact that we are on the brink of times when man may be able to magnify his intellectual and inventive capability, just as in the nineteenth century he used machines to magnify his physical capacity. Again, as then, our innocence is lost. And again, of course, the innocence, once lost, cannot be regained. The loss demands attention, not denial.”

Men May Facts Able Faces Used Courses Lost Loss Attention Century Demand Intellectual Capacity Machines Innocence Denial Capability Nineteenth Century

Book:Notes on the Synthesis of Form

Source: Notes on the Synthesis of Form

“The central law of all wholesome life is reciprocity, mutuality. ... But the group is valuable only as it permits personalities, not automatons, to emerge.”

Law Life Is Groups Personality Valuable Permit Reciprocity

Author:Norman Thomas

“I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.”

Author:David Hockney

“The universe is gratis. It cannot be earned, nor need it be earned.”

Book:Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness

Source: Gratefulness, the Heart of Prayer: An Approach to Life in Fullness

“Every day we, as a species, do so much to destroy Creation's ability to give us life. But that Creation continues to do everything in its power to give us life anyway. And that's true love.”

Giving Ability Creation Species

Author:Julia Hill

“The human person is the sum total of a 15 billion year chain of unbroken evolution now thinking about itself”

Thinking Years Humans Persons Evolution Billions Chains Unbroken

Author:Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Trust grows when babies and mothers establish that they can find each other again after the inevitable moments of losing touch. It is not the goodness of the mother or the relationship per se that is the basis for trust; it is the ability of mother and baby together to repair the breaks in their relationship that builds a safe house for love.”

Moments Together Mother House Grows Ability Break Baby Safe Goodness Losing Bases Inevitable Mother And Baby

Author:Carol Gilligan

“We can debug relationships, but it's always good policy to consider the people themselves to be features. People get annoyed when you try to debug them.”

People Trying Policy Features Annoyed

Author:Larry Wall

“To know of someone here and there whom we accord with, who is living on with us, even in silence - - this makes our earthly ball a peopled garden.”

Knows Silence Garden Balls Here And There Accord Living On

Book:Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Illustrated)

“There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence to which the idealist fighting for peace by nonviolent methods most easily succumbs; activism and overwork.”

Form Fighting Violence Method Activism Contemporary Idealist Overwork

Book:Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

Source: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander