Let the storm rage ever stronger!

Maxim Gorky · Song of the Stormy Petrel (1901)

Engineers of the soul.

Maxim Gorky · The source reads: “The proletarian state must bring up thousands of excellent "mechanics of culture," "engineers of the soul."” · Speech at the Writers' Congress (1934), of writers

Lies—there you have the religion of slaves and taskmasters.

Maxim Gorky · The Lower Depths (1902)

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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

Albert Einstein · An aphorism written for Leo Baeck's eightieth birthday, 1953.

The Lacedemonians are not wont to ask how many the enemy are, but where they are.

Agis · From PLUTARCH, Apothegms, Agis

Quit you like men, be strong.

The Bible · 1 Corinthians 16:13

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“Let the storm rage ever stronger!”

“Engineers of the soul.”

“Lies—there you have the religion of slaves and taskmasters.”

“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions that differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.”

“The Lacedemonians are not wont to ask how many the enemy are, but where they are.”

“Quit you like men, be strong.”