5 Quotes by ursula le guin

There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.

To be whole is to be part;true voyage is return.

Mais quand l'esprit devient conscient, quand la vitesse de l'évolution augmente, alors il faut faire attention - faire attention au monde. Il faut apprendre la manière, l'art, les limites. Un esprit conscient doit être une partie du tout, volontairement, et en prenant des précautions... Comme le rocher est inconsciemment une partie de l'ensemble. Comprenez-vous? Cela a-t-il un sens pour vous?

You know there’s always prejudice in a revolutionary movement.

When you know the fourfoil in all its seasons root and leaf and flower, by sight and scent and seed, then you may learn its true name, knowing its being: which is more than its use. What, after all, is the use of you? or of myself? Is Gont Mountain useful, or the Open Sea?' Ogion went on a halfmile or so, and said at last, 'To hear, one must be silent.