"No man is an island- he is a holon. A Janus-faced entity who, looking inward, sees himself as a self-contained unique whole, looking outward as a dependent part. His self-assertive tendency is the dynamic manifestation of his unique wholeness, his autonomy and independence as a holon. Its equally universal antagonist, the integrative tendency, expresses his dependence on the larger whole to which he belongs: his 'part-ness.'."

-- Arthur Koestler

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“It's often said that leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want, and making them think it's what they want. This captures a lot of what Abraham Lincoln did.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“A vote for Obama is a vote for the death of Isreal.”
“It happens from time to time in every complex and active society, that certain persons feel the complexity and insistence as a tangle, and seek freedom in retirement, as Thoreau sought at Walden Pond. They do not, however, in this manner escape from the social institutions of their time, nor do they really mean to do so; what they gain, if they are successful, is a saner relation to them.”
“The miracle is that a work of art should live in the person who reads it.”
“I found enormous opposition to my religion. It's like if you want to strengthen your biceps, you lift heavy weight, as heavy as you can handle, and work your muscles against resistance until it grows strong. I had to do that with my religion.”
“Broken glass. It's just like glitter, isn't it?”

Source : New Musical Express, November 2005.
“Shut up, be happy. Obey all orders without question. The happiness you have demanded is now mandatory.”

Source : "Song: 'Message From Our Sponsor' (No More Cocoons)". 1987.
“Change comes from power, and power comes from organization.”

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