“No autocracy can lead people to believe that they are living in harmony and happiness.”
Ai Weiwei. “ The Olympics Are a Propaganda Show http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,531883,00.html.” Spiegel, January 29, 2008. <br class="br">2000-09, 2008
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Robert Crumb (1943) American cartoonist
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“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.”
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Ancient Rome
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Le Corbusier (1887–1965) architect, designer, urbanist, and writer
Le Corbusier: Architect, Painter, Poet by Jean Jenger (1996).
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“Be of one mind and one faith, that you may conquer your enemies and lead long and happy lives.”
Genghis Khan (1162–1227) founder and first emperor of the Mongol Empire
As quoted in The Mongol Empire : Its Rise and Legacy (1940) by Michael Prawdin, p. 224
“We are not simple people who believe in happiness;”
Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) Greek writer
Toda Raba (1934)
Context: We are not simple people who believe in happiness; nor weaklings who crumple to the ground in distress at the first reverse; nor skeptics observing the bloody effort of marching humanity from the lofty heights of a mocking, sterile wit. Believing in the fight, though we entertain no illusions about it, we are armed against every disappointment.
