"We must, then, apply the principle of Doubt to Civilization; we must doubt its necessity, its excellence, and its permanence."

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Source : "The Social Destiny of Man: Or, Theory of the Four Movements".

Charles Fourier

#Civilization Quotes #Doubt Quotes #Excellence Quotes

“Hold ever before you the vision of the new heaven and new earth.”
“A letter is a barrier, a reprieve, a charm against the world, an almost infallible method of acting at a distance.”
“I'm not really a big candy eater.”
“I grow old, I grow old, the center will not fold. In youth I had hardening of the categories and looked for the father and the mother in every lover. Then I cracked. Then I fragmented. Then the old man in my soul found the god in herself, not in some Jungian fairy tale but in the flesh that fell from the bones and the words that came into my mouth when the look went out of their eyes.”
“Education is a continual process, it's like a bicycle... If you don't pedal you don't go forward.”
“What will be the crown of those who, humble within and humiliated without, have imitated the humility of our Savior in all its fullness!”
“Genuine love is between two people who know they are already complete. Genuine love is based on a new paradigm in which both partners are committed to the celebration of each other and their loved ones.”
“I...have a woman in my arms who has suffered greatly and desperately needs to believe once again that she is beautiful.”

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