Being a leftist is a calling, not a career; it’s a vocation, not a profession. It means you are concerned about structural violence, you are concerned about exploitation at the work place, you are concerned about institutionalized contempt against gay brothers and lesbian sisters, hatred against peoples of color, and the subordination of women. It means that you are willing to fight against, and to try to understand the sources of social misery at the structural and institutional levels, as well as at the existential and personal levels. That’s what it means to be a leftist; that’s why we choose to be certain kinds of human beings.
Cornel West
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#470
I have no sense of nationalism, only a cosmic consciousness of belonging to the human race.
Rosika Schiwner
#445
It is only when the routine daily struggle of the class explodes into violent activity against the bourgeoisie (…), activities which require an overt exercise of their creative energies, that the workers feel themselves as human.
Ria Stone
#390
We are free to follow our own path. There are those who will take that freedom from us, and too many of you gladly give it. But it is our ability to choose- whatever you think is true- that makes us human…There is no book or teacher to give you the answers, to show you the way. Choose your own way! Do not follow me, or anyone else.
Assassins Creed 2, the video game
#258
If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.
Michel de Montaigne
#194
The World in which you were born is just ONE model of Reality. Other Cultures are Not Failed Attempts at Being You. They are Unique Manifestations of the Human Spirit.
Wade Davis
#146
If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
#33
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
Carl Gustav Jung
#30
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.
Albert Einstein
