The problem is that man’s conquest of the world has itself devastated the world. - Daniel Quinn

Mother Culture’s deception here is that schools exist to serve the needs of people. In fact, they exist to serve the needs of your economy. The schools turn out graduates who can’t live without jobs but who have no job skills, and this suits your economic needs perfectly. What you’re seeing at work in your schools isn’t a system defect, it’s a system requirement, and they meet that requirement with close to one hundred percent efficiency.

Anyone who thinks the Church is open to new ideas is living in a dreamworld.

I closed my eyes and found the interior rooms of my head quite thoroughly deserted.