“The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.” FirstsBodyGovernmentDemocracyUniversalParisSuffrageCommunesUniversal Suffrage Author:C. L. R. James
“Each celestial body, in fact each and every atom, produces a particular sound on account of its movement, its rhythm or vibration. All these sounds and vibrations form a universal harmony in which each element, while having it’s own function and character, contributes to the whole.” WholeCharacterFactsBodyFormSoundMovementProduceParticularElementsUniversalAccountsFunctionHarmonyRhythmAtomsVibrationsCelestialCelestial Bodies Author:Pythagoras
“There is needed, no doubt, a body of servants (ministerium) of the invisible church, but not officials (officiales), in other words, teachers but not dignitaries, because in the rational religion of every individual there does not yet exist a church as a universal union (omnitudo collectiva).” DoeBodyIndividualChurchDoubtTeacherNeededUniversalUnionsInvisibleRationalServantOfficialsNo Doubt Author:Immanuel Kant
“Since time immemorial, youth has set the universal standard of physical beauty, and the reason is simply that a shapely firm young face and body are more attractive sexually and aesthetically than bulges, sags and wrinkles.” ReasonBodyFacesYoungYouthStandardsUniversalFirmAttractiveWrinklesSexuallyPhysical Beauty Author:Hugh Hefner
“Childbearing is the most consistent of human events. Male and female alike, we have all been gestated inside a woman's body. As a phenomenon, childbearing is seemingly eternal and universal, yet like no other it highlights the gender divide, the singularity of individual experience and sociocultural diversities.” HumansBodyIndividualEventsDiversityEternalFemaleUniversalMalesGenderConsistentPhenomenonDividesHighlightsSingularityWomen's BodiesChildbearing Book:Spilt Milk: Perinatal Loss & Breakdown Source: Spilt Milk: Perinatal Loss & Breakdown
“There are no accidents in Nature. Every motion of the constantly shifting bodies in the world is timed to the occasion for some definite, fore-ordered end. The flowers blossom in obedience to the same law that marks the course of constellations, and the song of a bird is the echo of a universal symphony. Nature is one, and to me the greatest delight of observation and study is to discover new unities in this all-embracing and eternal harmony.” WorldEndsBodyLawSongCoursesStudyFlowerEternalBirdUniversalMarkHarmonyUnityDelightAccidentsObservationOccasionsObedienceEchoesDefiniteShiftingSymphonyConstellationsFlower Blossom Author:John Muir
“In the midst of all these innumerable forms of a common protest and universal ill-ease there has grown up one definite body of doctrine whose adherents are called Communists and who desired the total subversion of what had been, hitherto unquestioned among civilized European men, the general doctrines of property and individual freedom.” MenWisdomBodyFormPoliticsIndividualCommonEconomyUniversalPropertyIllDoctrineEaseLiberalismProtestMidstCivilizedCommunistDefiniteIndividual FreedomSubversion Author:Hilaire Belloc
“When your body is your instrument, it needs maintenance and it needs to be held in a certain way. That's a universal thread, whether you're an athlete, a dancer, an actor or a singer. It's all about maintaining your body because that allows you to do what you do.” WayNeedsBodyCertainActorsUniversalInstrumentsAthleteYour BodySingersDancerThreadMaintainingMaintenance Author:Josh Peck