
The Poverty of Philosophy
Albums, Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001)
Playboy interview (1980)
The Poverty of Philosophy
Albums, Revolutionary Vol. 1 (2001)
“But that's the challenge -- to change the system more than it changes you.”
Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
“If you like the system as it is, I’m not your guy… If you want a shot at changing it, join me.”
As quoted in Why Angus King is the most important Senate candidate in the country" by Aaron Blake in The Washington Post (6 March 2012) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-angus-king-is-the-most-important-senate-candidate-in-the-country/2012/03/06/gIQANf7DvR_blog.html
Toward an Activist Spirituality (2003)
Context: Systems don't change easily. Systems try to maintain themselves, and seek equilibrium. To change a system, you need to shake it up, disrupt the equilibrium. That often requires conflict.
To me, conflict is a deeply spiritual place. It's the high-energy place where power meets power, where change and transformation can occur.
“As one individual changes, the system changes.”
Source: A methodology for systems engineering, 1962, p. 61 cited in: Clute, Whitehead & Reid (1967) Progressive architecture. Vol.48, Nr. 7-9. p. 106
“One's got to change the system, or one changes nothing.”
Source: Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936), Ch. 10
Source: Speech on Reform Bill of 1867, Edinburgh, Scotland (29 October 1867); quoted in William Flavelle Monypenny and George Earle Buckle, The Life of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield. Volume II. 1860–1881 (London: John Murray, 1929), p. 291.