“Music and Cats” – Quote by Albert Schweitzer
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.”
Albert Schweitzer
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Quote by David Graeber on Direct Action and Freedom
“Direct action is, ultimately, the defiant insistence on acting as if one is already free.”
David Graeber
Samuel Adams Quote on Liberty and Virtue
“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.”
Samuel Adams
Meaningful Work and Cultural Elite – Quote by David Graeber
“I came to the conclusion that most people in America would really like to be able to get a job where they think they’re doing something noble and nice and good and it isn’t just for the money. But the reason they hate what they call the cultural elite is that they see it as a class that’s grabbed all the jobs where you can get paid to do something that isn’t just for the money – if it’s art, if it’s charity, if it’s intellectual, if it’s political, whatever it might be.”
David Graeber
Quote by Samuel Adams on True Patriotism and Societal Grievances
“A true patriot would keep the attention of his fellow citizens awake to their grievances, and not allow them to rest till the causes of their just complaints are removed.”
Samuel Adams
Voltaire Quote about Sex and Marriage
“God created sex. Priests created marriage.”
Voltaire
Quote by Voltaire on Persistent Thinking and Problem Solving
“No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.”
Voltaire
Quote About Laws of Nature by Alexander von Humboldt
“Every law of nature that reveals itself to the observer allows one to infer a higher, still unknown one;”
Alexander von Humboldt
“Nature must be felt” – Quote by Alexander von Humboldt
“Nature must be felt; whoever only observes and abstracts can spend a lifetime dissecting plants and animals in the bustling life of the glowing tropical world, believing they can describe nature, yet will remain forever a stranger to it.”
Alexander von Humboldt
Dogmatic Views and Darkness – Alexander von Humboldt
“The dogmatic views of past centuries then only persist in the prejudices of the people and in certain disciplines which, aware of their weakness, willingly envelop themselves in darkness.”
Alexander von Humboldt