"Not power not cruelty not death not winning not fighting not money not oil not war not sex not tyranny: all tyrants fall."

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“The one irreducible truth about humanity is diversity.”

“Liberty dies where there is agreement without thought or argument.”

“When the world’s run by fools it’s the duty of intelligence to disobey.”

“You have to work out how not to die tomorrow.”

“The immense beauty, the vast almost unbearable beauty of justice.”

“I realized that the only possible response was to go to my wonderful local café, Maison Bertaux, check everyone was well, eat a little cake and then make art. To me, making art, and in particular public art, is always an assertion of our humanity and our strength.”

Resonant Thoughts

"Excluded by my birth and tastes from the social order, I was not aware of its diversity. I wondered at its perfect coherence, which rejected me."

— Jean Genet

Literature1910–1986

#war

"I have never understood why it is "greed" to want to keep the money you have earned but not greed to want to take somebody else's money."

— Thomas Sowell

Economics1930

#money

"I have never known any man who could do such ample justice to his best thoughts in colloquial discussion. His perfect command over his great mental resources, the terseness and expressiveness of his l…"

— John Stuart Mill

Philosophy1806–1873

#mind

"'Religion, a mediaeval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. 'This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam an…"

— Salman Rushdie

Literature1947

#freedom