“The Church has ever proved indestructible. Her persecutors have failed to destroy her; in fact, it was during times of persecution that the Church grew more and more; while the persecutors themselves, and those whom the Church would destroy, are the very ones who came to nothing. . . .Again, errors have assailed her; but in fact, the greater the number of errors that have arisen, the more has the truth been made manifest. . . . Nor has the Church failed before the assaults of demons: for she is like a tower of refuge to all who fight against the Devil.” MadeFactsFightingChurchNumbersGreaterGrewTruth IsDevilErrorsSaintDemonManifestRefugeTowersPersecutionAssaultIndestructible Author:Thomas Aquinas
“The progressive historical role of capitalism may be summed up in two brief propositions: increase in the productive forces of social labour, and the socialisation of that labour. But both these facts manifest themselves in extremely diverse processes in different branches of the national economy.” MayTwoDifferentFactsForceSocialProcessRolesEconomyCapitalismIncreaseHistoricalBranchesProductiveLabourProgressiveManifestDiversePropositionsNational Economy Author:Vladimir Lenin
“It's not true that you should first think up an idea for a better world and only then "put it into practice," but, rather, through the fact of your existence in the world, you create the idea or manifest it - create it, as it were, from the "material of the world," articulate it in the "language of the world."” ThinkingWorldShouldFirstsIdeasFactsLanguageExistencePracticeMaterialsManifest Author:Vaclav Havel