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“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
― The Temper of Our Time
― The Temper of Our Time
“Revolutions are the things of the past. The current generation believes we get one life, and we should enjoy and live it to the fullest. That’s why they don’t know what sacrifice means. Revolution requires sacrifices and the people of today are neither willing nor capable of sacrifice. Therefore, we can’t have revolutions today. All we can have now are movements.”
― The Gods Are Not Dead
― The Gods Are Not Dead
“Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.”
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“But it is the mark of all movements, however well-intentioned, that their pioneers tend, by much lashing of themselves into excitement, to lose sight of the obvious.”
― Are Women Human? Penetrating, Sensible and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
― Are Women Human? Penetrating, Sensible and Witty Essays on the Role of Women in Society
“Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.”
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“I watch her as she leaves. Everything about her is fluid as a river. Her messy hair, her xylophone voice, the strokes of her paintbrush. Even her camouflage army jacket hangs loose, flowing like ribbons.”
― A Map of the Known World
― A Map of the Known World
“You know that if you want to become a master, you have to spend hours every day working on the same movements.”
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“People now ask me if I'm passing the torch. I always explain that no, I'm keeping my torch, thank you very much. And I'm using it to light the torches of others.
Because the truth is that the old image of one person with a torch is part of the problem, not the solution. We each need a torch if we are to see where we're going.
And together, we create so much more light.”
― Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
Because the truth is that the old image of one person with a torch is part of the problem, not the solution. We each need a torch if we are to see where we're going.
And together, we create so much more light.”
― Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
“Identifying who began something like this is like picking out the stone that began an avalanche. It began somewhere, true enough [...] but once it well and truly begins, we are all just stones moving together. One stone rolling down a mountain changes nothing unless others move with it.”
― Terra Nova
― Terra Nova
“In order to have a happy ending, in order to be triumphant, in order to be heroic, you have to tell your own story. The women's movement knows that; black people know that; brown people know that; yellow people know that. You have to be able to tell your own story in order to show that you are worthy--that you belong.”
― Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking At The Harlem Renaissance Through Poems
― Shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Like My Sister Kate: Looking At The Harlem Renaissance Through Poems
“Kitsch has its source in the categorical agreement with being.
But what is the basis of being? God? Mankind? Struggle? Love? Man? Woman?
Since opinions vary, there are various kitsches: Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Communist, Fascist, democratic, feminist, European, American, national, international.
Since the days of the French Revolution, one half of Europe has been referred to as the left, the other half as the right. Yet to define one or the other by means of the theoretical principles it professes is all but impossible. And no wonder: political movements rest not so much on rational attitudes as on the fantasies, images, words, and archetypes that come together to make up this or that political kitsch.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
But what is the basis of being? God? Mankind? Struggle? Love? Man? Woman?
Since opinions vary, there are various kitsches: Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Communist, Fascist, democratic, feminist, European, American, national, international.
Since the days of the French Revolution, one half of Europe has been referred to as the left, the other half as the right. Yet to define one or the other by means of the theoretical principles it professes is all but impossible. And no wonder: political movements rest not so much on rational attitudes as on the fantasies, images, words, and archetypes that come together to make up this or that political kitsch.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“The inevitable fate of large groups is to perish because of lack of unity.”
― Aphorisms and Thoughts
― Aphorisms and Thoughts
“Whether social movements take off or not, whether they maintain momentum or subside, depends on multiple conditions, not least on the actual actors and their capacities to seize the opportunities available to them, to invent creative forms of action and to build convincing alliances. A significant factor in the hegemonic relations of force is, for example, whether or not there exists an independent and non-sectarian leftist party or leftist formation which is able to articulate and connect different initiatives and movements.”
― Theories of Ideology: The Powers of Alienation and Subjection
― Theories of Ideology: The Powers of Alienation and Subjection
“Yoga? Well, we learn those complex movements and flows, so we can perfectly synchronize our breath. It’s a way of training one’s body and mind in unison. It’s a moving meditation. Just like meditation, you focus on your breath, connect to the feeling of your body, and aim to clear your mind.”
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“A mission leader recognizes that while she can progress independently, momentum only occurs when people align with, act on, and amplify a message. The amplification makes a messenger’s mission multiply and eventually creates a movement worth following.”
― Make your contribution count for you, me , we: An evolutionary journey inspired by the wisdom of pioneering African women
― Make your contribution count for you, me , we: An evolutionary journey inspired by the wisdom of pioneering African women
“If we didn’t catch enough fish, or fish of high enough quality, too bad. That’s life. No one has the right to win. Victory has to be fought for. It needs a Fight Club, not a Flight Club.”
― The Illuminist Army
― The Illuminist Army
“The difference between a person of action and person of inaction is DIVINITY.”
― The Citizen Army
― The Citizen Army
“This is not a tree-sitting Buddhist Movement. You have go get up from under the tree and do something! You have to get off Facebook and do something!”
― The Citizen Army
― The Citizen Army
“Never forget, when you come to AC/GS, you are entering the dark, mysterious, complex, daunting, forbidding – but infinitely inspiring and perfect world – of INTJs. We can take you from Cimmeria to Hyperborea. Do not expect an easy ride. Don’t bring emotionalism and irrationalism. Let the most powerful ideas in the world wash over you and enlighten you. And then help us make our vision even brighter, enough to light up this whole benighted world.”
― The Citizen Army
― The Citizen Army
“[Why waste energy with wasted movements?]
Very commonly, tightening and furrowing the brow while concentrating... Is the brain a muscle that works better by tensing the skull?”
― The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing
Very commonly, tightening and furrowing the brow while concentrating... Is the brain a muscle that works better by tensing the skull?”
― The Way of Qigong: The Art and Science of Chinese Energy Healing
“The recovery of the outcasts demanded reduction of the privileges of the powerful, so the excluded who became aware of their exclusion had to be branded as heretics, whatever their doctrine. And for their part, blinded by their exclusion, they were not really interested in any doctrine. This is the illusion of heresy. Everyone is heretical, everyone is orthodox. The faith a movement proclaims doesn't count: what counts is the hope it offers. All heresies are the banner of a reality, an exclusion... Every battle against heresy wants only this: to keep the leper as he is.”
― The Name of the Rose
― The Name of the Rose
“You don't have to be a super soldier like Captain America or infused with photon energy like Captain Marvel to make an impact. In fact, deferring to a solitary hero or leader to save us from all our problems brings us authoritarians and strongmen. We tap out, wait on the sidelines, and outsource all the work.
When people come together around shared values, investing their time and talents to create solutions to a problem, that's when movement and change happen.”
― Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
When people come together around shared values, investing their time and talents to create solutions to a problem, that's when movement and change happen.”
― Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American
“Movements are not merely an aggregation of individuals, but rather the outcome of a complex process of negotiation between individual and collective identities, contradictory pressures, as well as changing environments. They signal a transformation in the logic and processes that guide society, give shape to an emerging force, and challenge the legitimacy of power.”
― 5 Ideas from Global Diplomacy: System-wide Transformation Methods to Close the Compliance Gap and Advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
― 5 Ideas from Global Diplomacy: System-wide Transformation Methods to Close the Compliance Gap and Advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
“Anger is quick, easy, and destructive. Rage waits like a mine—deadly if stepped on, but powerful if directed. Movements don’t rise from silence. They rise from fire.”
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“They have stopped to move and use their body in a way that a small child would do — and as a result have stopped to possess a body that a small child would own.”
― The Personal Sustainability Handbook: 60+ Practices to Sustainabilize Your Health, Finances, Relationships and Beyond
― The Personal Sustainability Handbook: 60+ Practices to Sustainabilize Your Health, Finances, Relationships and Beyond
“By staying true to your physical needs and keeping your five limbs active, you’d become closer to an embodiment of health rather than an embodiment of frailty.”
― The Personal Sustainability Handbook: 60+ Practices to Sustainabilize Your Health, Finances, Relationships and Beyond
― The Personal Sustainability Handbook: 60+ Practices to Sustainabilize Your Health, Finances, Relationships and Beyond
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