Borek

“the animal merely uses external nature and brings about changes in it simply by its presence; man by his changes makes nature serve his ends, masters it.”
― Friedrich Engels, The Part Played By Labour in the Transition From Ape to Man

“Every man who is not helping to bring about a better state of affairs for the future is helping to perpetuate the present misery, and is therefore the enemy of his own children. There is no such thing as being neutral: we must either help or hinder.”
― Robert Tressell, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

“I have just returned from a party of which I was the life and soul; wit poured from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me–but I went away– and wanted to shoot myself.”
― Søren Kierkegaard, The Soul of Kierkegaard: Selections from His Journals

“What we will criticize 'modern' eroticism for is its lack of genuine sensuality, a sensuality which implies beauty or charm, passion or modesty, power over the object of desire, and fulfilment.”
― Henri Lefebvre, Critique of Everyday Life, Volume 1