"Revolution? Unscrew the flag-staff, wrap the bunting in the oil covers, and put the thing in the clothes-chest. Let the old lady bring you your house-slippers and untie your fiery red necktie. You always make revolutions with your mugs, your republic--nothing but an industrial accident."

-- Alfred Doblin

#Oil Quotes #Clothes Quotes #House Quotes

“There are a great many sins in this world, none of them original.”
“We are meant to be one. And only after we realize that amazing truth can we find what we need - true peace.”
“The more clearly a principle is understood by the intellect, the more inexcusable is the neglect to put it into practice.”

Source : Allan Kardec (2016). “The Spirits’ Book: The Principles of Spiritist Doctrine”, p.366, Secret Master eBooks
“The way we teach is a very linear kind of way.”
“We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been.”
“Have you ever, on a cloudless night, looked down from a passing aircraft flying over Canada? Endless, glowing strings of cities, towns, and homesteads. Stretching on and on, one province to the next. With only the stars in the distance.”
“Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him.”
“It is only on the condition of humility and reverence before the world that our species will be able to remain in it.”

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