But this revolutionary act of treating ourselves tenderly can begin to undo the aversive messages of a lifetime.
Theres another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevsky said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution.
Composers need words, but they do not necessarily need poetry. The Russian composer, Aleksandr Mossolov, who chose texts from newspaper small ads, had a good point to make. With revolutionary music, any text can be set to work.
The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.
John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he was actively involved.
Self-defense. . . is the only honourable course where there is unreadiness for self-immolation.
I think social media is a revolutionary phenomenon all in itself.
I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am a part is a struggle against the American nightmare.
Eventually the revolutionaries become the established culture, and then what will they do
Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created.
I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way.
Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything.
I was always doing revolutionary things, things that would alert people, so they would stop being so subservient.
I was an avowed professional revolutionary by the time I was 15.
A revolutionary leadership must accordingly practice co-intentional education.
Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.
Clemency is also a revolutionary measure.
South Africa is labouring to find its revolutionary path; the colours of the Rainbow Nation have difficulty blending together; the wealthy elites (white, black or Indian) profit from de facto segregation.
Mayors typically don't do the things we're trying to do. . . Revolutionaries aren't typically Mayor.
In this apparatus is nothing new but its simplicity and thorough trustworthiness. On his revolutionary method of organic analysis.