"Every revolution was first a thought in..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.
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“We all wish to be of importance in one way or another. The child coughs with might and main, since it has no other claim on the company.”
“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.”
“The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.”
More on Revolution
“There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.”
“If I negate powdered wigs, I am still left with unpowdered wigs.”
“Many who have read Marxist books have become renegades from the revolution, whereas illiterate workers often grasp Marxism very well.”
More on Thought
“Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not.”
“Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.”
“Two sorts of writers possess genius: those who think, and those who cause others to think.”