"If individuals do not occupy their legitimate position, then it will be occupied by a god or a king or a coalition of interest groups. If citizens do not exercise the powers confered by their legitimacy, others will do so. (I - The Great Leap Backwards)"

-- John Ralston Saul

#Kings Quotes #Exercise Quotes #Groups Quotes

“So you didnâ€™t tell me it was a messed-up idea to keep this all a secret because. . .â€ â€œBecause experience is the only teacher,â€ Hey-Soos says. â€œEven if I could have told you, it would have been a lecture. Why do you think kids donâ€™t listen to their parents, or people donâ€™t leave churches and do what the preacher tells them? Thereâ€™s only one thing thatâ€™s universal.â€ â€œWhatâ€™s that?â€ â€œThe truth.”

Source : Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.171, Manonmani Publishers
“Malevich, Lissitsky, Kandinsky, Tatlin, Pevsner, Rodchenkoâ€¦ all believed in the social role of artâ€¦ Their works were like hinged doors, connecting activity with activity. Art with engineering; music with painting; poetry with design; fine art with propaganda; photographs with typography; diagrams with action; the studio with the streetâ€¦”
“When I am writing, I'm very much on the ground, on the same ground my characters are treading.”
“Compassion may be called the fundamental of all good art because it alone can tell you what other beings feel and experience. Only compassion severs the bonds of your personal limitations, and gives you deep access into the inner life of the character you study, without which you cannot properly prepare it for the stage”

Source : Michael Chekhov, Mala Powers (2013). “To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting”, p.90, Routledge
“The Anarchists' uncompromising rejection of the State, the subject of Marxian sneers for its "absolutist" and "Utopian" character, makes much better sense in the present era than the Marxist relativist and historical approach. The pacifists also seem to be more realistic than the Marxist both in their understanding of modern war and also in their attempts to do something about it...”

Source : Dwight Macdonald (194?). “Root is man: progressivism vrs. radicalism”
“I walked about 55 kilometers and was awake for 25 hours. Now I have to think about setting a sleeping record.”
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
“If a nation wants to live in peace with its neighbors, it doesn't keep rattling the saber at them.”

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