"Man is a clown

dancing on the edge

of an abyss."

- La Peau de chagrin

“Civil disobedience

is not our problem.

Our problem is civil obedience.

Our problem is

that people all over the world

have obeyed the dictates of leaders…

and millions have been killed

because of this obedience…

Our problem is

that people are obedient

allover the world

in the face of poverty

and starvation and stupidity,

and war, and cruelty.

Our problem is

that people are obedient

while the jails are full

of petty thieves…

(and) the grand thieves

are running the country. 

That’s our problem.”

- Howard Zinn

"Darkness imprisoning me

All that I see

Absolute horror

I cannot live

I cannot die

Trapped in myself

Body my holding cell..."

(Trëz Art)

“If people would know

how little brain

is ruling the world,

they would die of fear.” 

- Ivo Andrić

(art by Alexei Solha)

“What doesn't hurt

- is not life; 

what doesn't pass

- is not happiness.”

(Ivo Andrić )

(art by Andrew Jones)

POSSESSING ME

THOU SHALT POSSESS ALL THINGS,
BUT THY LIFE IS MINE,
FOR GOD HAS SO WILLED IT.
WISH,
AND THY WISHES SHALL BE FULFILLED;
BUT MEASURE THY DESIRES,
ACCORDING TO THE LIFE
THAT IS IN THEE.
THIS IS THY LIFE,
WITH EACH WISH I MUST SHRINK
EVEN AS THY OWN DAYS.
WILT THOU HAVE ME? TAKE ME.
GOD WILL HEARKEN UNTO THEE.
SO BE IT!

- Honoré de Balzac (La Peau de chagrin)

“My Crown is in my heart,

not on my head:

Not deck'd with Diamonds,

and Indian stones:

Nor to be seen:

my Crown is call'd Content,

A Crown it is,

that seldom Kings enjoy.”

― William Shakespeare, King Henry VI, Part 3

(art by Antonio Javier Caparo)