It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
Ursula K. Le GuinRead
Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Ownership is an illusion; true fulfillment comes from sharing and using what we have.
In this quote, Ursula K. Le Guin conveys the idea that the concept of ownership is superficial and that the true essence of possessions lies in their shared use and enjoyment. By stating that nothing truly belongs to us, she emphasizes the importance of community and cooperation, suggesting that our experiences and resources gain value when they are shared with others. This perspective encourages a mindset that prioritizes connections over materialism, fostering a deeper appreciation for both our relationships and the world around us.
Themes
OwnershipSharingCommunityPossessionsRelationships
In practice
Example use cases
During a community meeting about resource sharing, this quote can highlight the importance of collaboration.
More from Ursula K. Le Guin
All quotes βIn reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find - if it's a good novel - that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little... But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed.
Ursula K. Le GuinRead
Reason is a faculty far larger than mere objective force. When either the political or the scientific discourse announces itself as the voice of reason, it is playing God, and should be spanked and stood in the corner.
Ursula K. Le GuinRead
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
Ursula K. Le GuinRead
We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.
Ursula K. Le GuinRead
When he found that the administrators were upset, he laughed. βDo they expect students not to be anarchists?β he said. βWhat else can the young be? When you are on the bottom, you must organize from the bottom up
Ursula K. Le GuinRead
Similar quotes
Sometimes a fog will settle over a vessel's deck and yet leave the topmast clear. Then a sailor goes up aloft and gets a lookout which the helmsman on deck cannot get. So prayer sends the soul aloft; lifts it above the clouds in which our selfishness and egotism befog us, and gives us a chance to see which way to steer.
Charles SpurgeonRead
The emergence of the Atomic Age brought the previously inchoate and 'free-floating' anxiety of many people into sharp focus.
Rollo MayRead
Take but degree away, untune that string, and hark, what discord follows!
William ShakespeareRead
I consider the difference between a system founded on _x000D_ the legislatures only, and one founded on the people, to be the true difference between a league or treaty and a constitution.
James MadisonRead
Men walk almost always in the paths trodden by others, proceeding in their actions by imitation.
Niccolo MachiavelliRead
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.
Blaise PascalRead