Jacque Fresco - SpiritualCleansing.Org - Love, Wisdom, Inspirational Quotes & Images

“One may reasonably ask: Why do people cling to the values and practices of the past, when they so obviously no longer work? Long-standing thought patterns are hard to overcome because they often appear to serve the interests of the individual, and old ways of thinking are simpler and easier

“Either we learn to live together in full cooperation or we will cause our own extinction.”

“There are no bad people, there are people with insufficient information to make appropriate decisions.”

“Our main problem is a lack of understanding of what it means to be human and that we are not separate from nature.”

“Democracy is a con game. It’s a word invented to placate people to make them accept a given institution. All institutions sing, ‘We are free.’ The minute you hear ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’, watch out… because in a truly free nation, no one has to tell you you’re free.”

“What is needed is the intelligent management of Earth’s resources. If we really wish to put an end to our ongoing international and social problems, we must eventually declare Earth and all of its resources as the common heritage of all the world’s people.”

“I don’t believe in the Great Man theory of science or history. There are no great men, just men standing on the shoulders of other men and what they have done.”

“I was asked once, 'your a smart man, why arnt you rich

“I was asked once, ‘you’re a smart man, why aren’t you rich? I replied ‘you’re a rich man, why aren’t you smart?”

“Whatever happens in the world is real, what one thinks should have happened is projection. We suffer more from our fictitious illusion and expectations of reality.”

“Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of science. Man, in the collective sense, is the hero of Earth.”

“I don’t get upset if people think I’m crazy. If you go to a mental hospital and someone calls you a name, would you get upset? Of course not. Well, that’s the way I think about the world. They don’t know any better.”

“Today we have access to highly advanced technologies. But our social and economic system has not kept up with our technological capabilities that could easily create a world of abundance, free of servitude and debt.”

“It takes a different value system if you wish to change the world.”

“Earth is abundant with plentiful resources. Our practice of rationing resources through monetary control is no longer relevant and is counter-productive to our survival.”