“Silence is the language of realization, action is the language of revolution.”
Source: Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
“What the society needs is an MBA, that is Master of Benevolent Activism - what the society needs is an MD, that is Maverick of Determination - what the society needs is a PHD, that is Doctor of Perspiring Humanism.”
Source: Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
“If you want civilization, be the epitome of civilization - if you want democracy, be the epitome of democracy - if you want humanity, be the epitome of humanity. Go on saying - "I am civilization, I am democracy, I am humanity".”
Source: Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
“The revolutionary is the revolution.”
Source: Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
“To stand for something, whether in child-rearing or any other sphere, is of course to risk error; it is also to become conspicuous under the gaze of the Other, to give away one's position and to invite rejection. But it is also the only way through which social evolution can take a truly moral direction; it is the inescapable consequence of recognizing and taking seriously the fact that it is we who make the world, not 'it' or 'them'.”
Source: Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety
“For there would be no point in painful struggle, in heroic battle against injustice, in the painstaking achievements of culture and learning, in courageous stance against cruelty or adversity, in loving self-sacrifice for others, if in fact the experience gained by just one tortured and despairing individual could simply be 'adjusted' or 'modified' by the appropriate expert.”
Source: Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety
“I don’t imagine that we can alter anything in our own lifetime. But one can imagine little knots of resistance springing up here and there—small groups of people banding themselves together, and gradually growing, and even leaving a few records behind, so that the next generations can carry on where we leave off.”
Source: 1984
“Only dogs and donkeys sleep while their society suffers, not humans.”
Source: Martyr Meets World: To Solve The Hard Problem of Inhumanity
“When one Naskar dies, a thousand Naskars will rise.”
Source: The Shape of A Human: Our America Their America
“Bursar?"
"Yes, Archchancellor?"
"You ain't a member of some secret society or somethin', are you?"
"Me? No, Archchancellor."
"Then it'd be a damn good idea to take your underpants off your head.”
Source: Lords and Ladies