John Twelve Hawks Quotes & Sayings

When a person speculates about my identity, it reveals something about their own background and preferences. If the canvas is blank; the only thing people can see on its surface is themselves. — John Twelve Hawks

Although I write dystopian fiction, I don't believe in dystopian fantasies. — John Twelve Hawks

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

You can't truly hear your own voice until the shouting around you disappears. New ideas and possibilities - our own ideas, our own possibilities - will occur only when we step away from the Virtual Panopticon. — John Twelve Hawks

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

Walking is easy ... but it requires faith to find the right path. — John Twelve Hawks

Many physicists these days sound like the Delphic oracle - with equations. — John Twelve Hawks

Almost every important choice in our lives is really just an expression of hope. — John Twelve Hawks

Without private thoughts and actions, we can never truly be free. — John Twelve Hawks

Anyone who steps back for a minute and observes our modern digital world might conclude that we have destroyed our privacy in exchange for convenience and false security. — John Twelve Hawks

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

Life is dangerous. That's what makes it interesting. — John Twelve Hawks

Every new experience is unusual. The rest of life is just sleep and committee meetings. — John Twelve Hawks

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

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