The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
—Steve Biko, 1971
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You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
—Henrik Ibsen, 1882Talk to me about the truth of religion and I’ll listen gladly. Talk to me about the duty of religion and I’ll listen submissively. But don’t come talking to me about the consolations of religion or I shall suspect that you don’t understand.
—C.S. Lewis, 1961Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.
—John Berger, 1972I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1902The mind is not, I know, a highway but a temple, and its doors should not be carelessly left open.
—Margaret Fuller, 1844The money market is to a commercial nation what the heart is to man.
—William Pitt, 1805Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there.
—Susanne K. Langer, 1942I imagine that one of the first forms of behavior, like one of the first signals, may be reduced to this: “Keep me warm.”
—Michel Serres, 1982Very shy people don’t even want to take up the space that their body actually takes up.
—Andy Warhol, 1975The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
—Aristotle, c. 330 BCEveryone else is represented in Washington by a rich and powerful lobby, it seems. But there is no lobby for the people.
—Shirley Chisholm, 1970War is the child of pride, and pride the daughter of riches.
—Jonathan Swift, 1697