"Communism is Utopia, that is nowhere. It is the avatar of all our religious eschatologies: the coming of the Messiah, the second coming of Christ, nirvana. It is not a historical prospect, but a current mythology. Socialism, by contrast, is a realizable historical system which may one day be instituted in the world."

-- Immanuel Wallerstein

#Religious Quotes #Historical Quotes #One Day Quotes

“A girl is grown up when she stops counting on her fingers and starts counting on her legs.”
“What would I do without you? You're never going to find out.”
“If only you could pack up everything you love, and everyone who'd ever been your friend.”
“Obviously, there is diversity, but Europe is a union of diversity.”
“Seating themselves on the greensward, they eat while the corks fly and there is talk, laughter and merriment, and perfect freedom, for the universe is their drawing room and the sun their lamp. Besides, they have appetite, Nature's special gift, which lends to such a meal a vivacity unknown indoors, however beautiful the surroundings.”
“The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.”
“The idea that we should be open to all ideas, is very different from the supposition that all ideas are equally valid.”

Source : "Harvard Radical". www.nytimes.com. August 24, 2003.
“When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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