All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or backgammon, with a slight moral tinge to it.
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849
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The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.
—Théophile Gautier, c. 1835Who sees all beings in his own self, and his own self in all beings, loses all fear.
—The Upanishads, c. 800 BCAn appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
—James Russell Lowell, c. 1865Towns oftener swamp one than carry one out onto the big ocean of life.
—D.H. Lawrence, 1908Today’s city is the most vulnerable social structure ever conceived by man.
—Martin Oppenheimer, 1969If the human race wants to go to hell in a basket, technology can help it get there by jet.
—Charles M. Allen, 1967Writing cannot express words fully; words cannot express thoughts fully.
—The Book of Changes, c. 350 BCReal generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
—Albert Camus, 1951God is alive. Magic is afoot.
—Leonard Cohen, 1966Make the revolution a parent of settlement and not a nursery of future revolutions.
—Edmund Burke, 1790Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.
—Tom Robbins, 1976If you would help another man, you must do so in minute particulars.
—William Blake, 1804