Top 11 Quotes by John Twelve Hawks

Almost every important choice in our lives is really just an expression of hope.

Almost every important choice in our lives is really just an expression of hope.

Important Choices, Expression, Life Is

John Twelve Hawks (2010). “The Golden City”, Random House

Human beings are tool-making animals. Since the prehistoric era, we have created and used a wide variety of objects. But now a significant change is about to occur. In the near future, we will simply become another object that can be monitored, tracked and controlled within a vast machine.

John Twelve Hawks

Animal, Significant Change, Eras

True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways.

John Twelve Hawks

Memorial Day, Freedom, Military

"The Traveler". Book by John Twelve Hawks, 2005.

If privacy had a gravestone it might read: 'Don't Worry. This Was for Your Own Good.

John Twelve Hawks

Technology, Worry, Might

John Twelve Hawks (2015). “Against Authority: Freedom and the Rise of the Surveillance States”, p.4, West 26th Street Press

When people decide that a certain way of faith is destined and inevitable, hatred and intolerance follow. Instead of saying, 'The Light is within you, choose the Light,' the message becomes 'Agree with our version of history or we'll kill you.'

John Twelve Hawks

Light, People, Hatred

"The Golden City". Book by John Twelve Hawks, 2009.

I spent my time drinking and staring at a television in the airport bar. More death and destruction. Crime. Pollution. All the news stories were telling me to be frightened. All the commercials were telling me to buy things I didn´t need. The message was that people could only be passive victims or consumers.

John Twelve Hawks

Drinking, Airports, News Stories

Human beings have an almost unlimited capacity for self-delusion. We can justify any amount of sadness if it fits our own particular standard of reality.

John Twelve Hawks

Sadness, Reality, Self

"The Traveler". Book by John Twelve Hawks, 2005.