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.
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.
He who doesn't pray to the Lord prays to the devil.
And make each day a critic on the last.
A wider of more altruistic attitude is very relevant in today's world. If we look at the situation from various angles, such as the complexity and inter-connectedness of the nature of modern existence, then we will gradually notice a change in our outlook, so that when we say 'others' and when we think of others, we will no longer dismiss them as something that is irrelevant to us. We will no longer feel indifferent.
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