John Schaar Quotes

John Schaar delivers blunt, provocative takes on politics and morality that will catch readers who enjoy sharp, unconventional viewpoints.

10 quotes

1. The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created- created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination.

2. My political ideal is Montoursville, with more sex. [He is referring to his hometown in Pennsylvania.]

3. We [the U.S.] are a nation rich in values.

4. A fundamentalist is someone who hates sin more than he loves virtue.

5. That question is a shit sandwich.

6. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating.

7. Surely a large part of the zealous repression of radical protest in America has its roots in the fact that millions of men who are apparently "insiders" know how vulnerable the system is because they know how ambiguous their own attachments to it are. The slightest challenge exposes the fragile foundations of legitimacy of the state.

8. The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created--created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination.

9. “The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created - created first in the mind and will, created next in activity.”

10. “The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but made.”