“I am writing graffiti on your body.
I am drawing the story of how hard we tried.”
Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist
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“An intelligent society would have made of them people like everybody else!”
Ravachol (1859–1892) French anarchist
Une société intelligente en aurait fait des gens comme tout le monde!
Trial statement
“We call reality
to madness that remains
and madness to reality that vanishes”
Jorge Majfud (1969) Uruguayan-American writer
La ciudad de la Luna (2009)
Lady Gaga (1986) American singer, songwriter, and actress
Lady Gaga Says 'Judas' Video 'Celebrates Faith' in MTV News (26 Apr 26 2011) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1662707/lady-gaga-judas-music-video.jhtml.
“Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal, and you will also have bliss.”
Ramakrishna (1836–1886) Indian mystic and religious preacher
As quoted in Hindu Psychology : Its Meaning for the West (1946) by Swami Akhilananda, p. 204
Variant translation: Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal, and you also will have bliss. Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance. The less your attachment is to the senses, the more will be your love to God.
Saying 806, in Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna (1948) edited by Swami Vireswarananda
Context: Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal, and you will also have bliss. The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance. The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God.
Oliver Sykes (1986) British musician
Straight away, I said, "That's it – I'm going vegetarian".<br><br> "Oli Sykes joins animal rights campaign" https://web.archive.org/web/20131105210441/http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2008/10/oli_sykes_joins_animal_rights.html, interview with Kerrang! (30 October 2008).
“Love starts when we push aside our ego and make room for someone else.”
Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) Austrian esotericist
“We wanted the best, but it turned out like always.”
Viktor Chernomyrdin (1938–2010) Russian diplomat
Obituary, The Economist, 6th November 2010 p. 107
“Liberty is the power that we have over ourselves.”
Hugo Grotius (1583–1645) philosopher
As quoted in The Word Book Complete Word Power Library, Volume 1 (1981), p. 324
“Even God cannot make two times two not make four.”
Hugo Grotius (1583–1645) philosopher
As quoted in Delbert D. Thiessen (ed.), A Sociobiology Compendium: Aphorisms, Sayings, Asides, p. 18
Paul Simon (1941) American musician, songwriter and producer
You Can Call Me Al
Song lyrics, Graceland (1986)
“Ignorance never settles a question.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Source: Speech in the House of Commons (14 May 1866)
“To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.”
Hippocrates (-460–-370 BC) ancient Greek physician
As quoted in A New Dictionary of Quotations on Historical Principles from Ancient and Modern Sources (1942) by H. L. Mencken
Aberjhani (1957) author
(from 2012 article 47 Percenters and Guerrilla Decontextualization).
From Articles, Essays, and Poems, On Guerrilla Decontextualization
Aberjhani (1957) author
(African Americans, p. 45).
Book Sources, The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois (2003)
Aberjhani (1957) author
(p. 257, The American Poet Who Went Home Again).
Book Sources, The American Poet Who Went Home Again (2008)
