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“Unless we realize that the essence of Nazism is also an attempt to solve a universal problem of Western civilization - that of the industrial society - and that the basic principles on which the Nazis base this attempt are also in no way confined to Germany, we do not know what we fight for or what we fight against... The war is being fought for the structure of industrial society - its basic principles, its purposes, and its institutions.”

“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I've learned that lesson twice now. The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.”

Thinking Giving Winning Individual Nations Community Challenges Accepting Successful Greater Revolution Depends Lessons Essence Structure I've Learned

Author:Abbie Hoffman

“Spinoza , for example, thought that insight into the essence of reality, into the harmonious structure of the eternal universe, necessarily awakens love for this universe. For him, ethical conduct is entirely determined by such insight into nature, just as our devotion to a person may be determined by insight into his greatness or genius. Fears and petty passions, alien to the great love of the universe, which is logos itself, will vanish, according to Spinoza, once our understanding of reality is deep enough.”

Source: Eclipse of Reason

“Poetry is one of the essential structures of civilization - carrying myth, ritual, 'tales of the tribe' and the essence of language.”

Language Civilization Essentials Essence Structure Myth Tales Poetry Is Ritual Tribes

Author:Diane Wakoski

“The essence of what exists in the U.S. is not democracy but capitalism - imperialism. What the U.S. spreads around the world is not democracy, but imperialism and political structures to enforce that imperialism.”

World Political Democracy Capitalism Essence Structure Spread Around The World Imperialism

Author:Bob Avakian

“During the 20th century, we came to understand that the essence of all substances - their colour, texture, hardness and so forth - is set by their structure, on scales far smaller even than a microscope can see. Everything on Earth is made of atoms, which are, especially in living things, combined together in intricate molecular assemblages.”

Made Earth Together Century Essence Structure Scales Substance Colour Atoms 20th Century Living Things Texture Intricate Microscopes Hardness Assemblage

Author:Martin Rees

“I think [rock'n'roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good - it's against everything that is fixed, all the social structures that you can't go past.”

Thinking Made Past Social Common Rocks Essence Structure Made It Fixed Rock N Roll Monotheism Social Structure

Author:Ezra Furman

“Properly understood, style is not a seductive decoration added to a functional structure; it is of the essence of a work of art. The necessary elements of style are lucidity, elegance, and individuality; these three qualities combine to form a preservative which ensures the nearest approximation to permanence in the fugitive art of letters.”

Art Form Three Quality Style Elements Understood Letters Essence Structure Individuality Works Of Art Elegance Seductive Permanence Decoration Fugitive Approximation Lucidity

Author:Evelyn Waugh

“Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.”

Writing Book Ideas Style Essence Structure Sentimental Great Idea Hogwash

Author:Vladimir Nabokov

“But when from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, taste and smell alone, more fragile but more enduring, more unsubstantial, more persistent, more faithful, remain poised a long time, like souls, remembering, waiting, hoping, amid the ruins of all the rest; and bear unflinchingly, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection.”

People Long Soul Past Remember Waiting Broken Bears Taste Long Time Essence Structure Endure Smell Tiny Ruins Faithful Fragile Persistent Recollection Taste And Smell

Book:Swann's Way

Source: Swann's Way

“The true essence of reconciliation is more than making friends with nonindigenous people. Our motto is united Australia, one that respects the land and the heritage of its indigenous peoples and provides justice and equity for all. I think reconciliation is about changing the structures that govern us and trying to influence opinion leaders in whatever way we can.”

“Free yourself from the psychological structure of society, which is to free yourself from the essence of conflict.”

Spiritual Conflict Essence Structure Awakening Psychological Spiritual Awakening Free Yourself

Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti

“The computer revolution is a revolution in the way we think and in the way we express what we think. The essence of this change is the emergence of what might best be called procedural epistemology-the study of the structure of knowledge from an imperative point of view, as opposed to the more declarative point of view taken by classical mathematical subjects.”

Thinking Way Might Views Learning Study Taken Subjects Revolution Computer Essence Structure Point Of View Mathematical Programming Imperatives Emergence Epistemology

Author:Hal Abelson