# The Traveler - Author: [John Twelve Hawks](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks.md) - Quotes: 21 - Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler ## Quotes > "I hate zoos," she told Gabriel. "They remind me of prisons." > > "People like to see animals." > > "Citizens want to kill wild creatures or put them into cages. It helps them forget that they're also prisoners." [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/i-hate-zoos.md) > Virtue is admirable, but boring. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/virtue-is-admirable.md) > Most people go through life never knowing the truth about the major events of their time. They're watching a farce performed at the edge of the stage while the real drama is going on behind the curtain. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/most-people-go-through.md) > You need to study history, Doctor. All great changes are based on pain and destruction. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/you-need-to-study.md) > The urge to control others is very strong, but the desire for freedom and the ability to show compassion will always survive. Darkness is everywhere, but the Light still appears. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/the-urge-to-control.md) > True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/true-freedom-is-tolerant.md) > Love is just another means of manipulation. We can use that emotion like we use hatred and fear. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/love-is-just.md) > Every new experience is unusual. The rest of life is just sleep and committee meetings. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/every-new-experience.md) > Half the things you've been taught in school are just convenient fictions. History is a puppet show for childish minds. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/half-the-things.md) > All of us fight a battle every day, but we just don’t know it. Love tries to defeat hatred. Bravery destroys fear. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/all-of-us-fight.md) > You don't need to watch everyone if everyone believes they're being watched. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/you-dont-need.md) > Even the most casual student of history realizes that human beings are greedy, impulsive, and cruel. But Bentham's prison showed us that societal control was possible with the right sort of technology. There was no need to have a policemen standing on every corner. All you need is a Virtual Panopticon that monitors your population. You aren't required to literally watch them all the time, but the masses have to accept the possibility and the inevitability of punishment. You need the structure, the system, the implicit threat that becomes a fact of life. When people discard their notions of privacy, they permit a peaceful society. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/even-the-most.md) > Peace and prosperity were possible only if people stopped asking new questions and accepted the available answers. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/peace-and-prosperity.md) > Freedom is the biggest myth ever created. It's a destructive, unachievable goal that has caused a great deal of pain. Very few people can handle freedom. A society is healthy and productive when it's under control. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/freedom-is-the.md) > Life is dangerous. That's what makes it interesting. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/life-is-dangerous.md) > 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. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/human-beings-have.md) > The warrior uses the power of the brain to be deliberate and the power of the heart to be instinctive. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/the-warrior-uses.md) > There was no need to worry about religion or philosophy; the truth was determined by whoever was in power. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/there-was-no-need.md) > 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. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/all-the-news.md) > The Grid still exists even if you don't see the lines. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/the-grid-still.md) > It's all just fear and distraction. Fear will get people into our Virtual Panopticon and then we'll keep them happy. People will be free to take antidepressant drugs, go into debt, and stare at their television sets. Society might seem disorganized, but it will be very stable. Every few years we'll pick a different mannequin to give speeches from the White House Rose Garden. [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-twelve-hawks/the-traveler/its-all-just.md)