"Religion, the dominion of the human mind; Property, the dominion of human needs; and Government, the dominion of human conduct, represent the stronghold of man's enslavement and all the horrors it entails."

-- Emma Goldman

#Men Quotes #Mind Quotes #Needs Quotes

“For me, creativity is essentially a spiritual experience, a conversation between my soul and me.”
“The buildings ... had suffered the inevitable shrinkage of places revisited ...”
“Believe in yourself and have confidence that you can compete against all odds. Have a vision of what you'd like to accomplish and be able to articulate that vision.”
“As I toiled up the Mount of Olives, in the very footsteps of Christ, panting with the heat and the difficult ascent, I found it utterly impossible to conceive that the Deity, in human form, had walked there before me.”

Source : Bayard Taylor (2015). “The Lands of the Saracen: Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain”, p.67, The Floating Press
“I should say that I am a visual person. I experience with my eyes and never, or rarely, with my ears... to my constant regret.”
“I have nothing to say, and I am saying it.”

Source : "Lecture on Nothing" (1961)
“Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.”
“When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. Women face childbed and the scrubbing brush, revolutionaries keep their mouths shut in the torture chamber, battleships go down with their guns still firing when their decks are awash.”

You may also like: