The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.
—Che Guevara, 1968
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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
—Mao Zedong, 1938My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.
—Timothy Leary, 1966Reality is always the foe of famous names.
—Petrarch, 1337The first mistake of art is to assume that it’s serious.
—Lester Bangs, 1971Rivalry is the whetstone of talent.
—Roman proverbUprootedness is by far the most dangerous malady to which human societies are exposed, for it is a self-propagating one.
—Simone Weil, 1943The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.
—Emily Dickinson, 1876Inventor, n. A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers, and springs and believes it civilization.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911If you read somebody’s diary, you get what you deserve.
—David Sedaris, 2004The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.
—Michel Foucault, c. 1982Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
—The Dhammapada, c. 400 BCI am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That’s what sitting on your ass does to your face.
—Leonard Cohen, 1970