Upheaval Quotes

• Conflicts and factions, violence and upheavals are caused by the neglect of human values in daily life.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Violence, Conflict, Daily Life

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• The upheaval of our world and the upheaval in consciousness is one and the same. Everything becomes relative and therefore doubtful. And while man, hesitant and questioning, contemplates... his spirit yearns for an answer that will allay the turmoil of doubt and uncertainty.

  Carl Jung

  Men, Our World, Doubt

  Carl Gustav Jung (2001). “Modern Man in Search of a Soul”, p.215, Psychology Press

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• The upheaval of our world and the upheaval of our consciousness are one and the same.

  Carl Jung

  Our World, World, Consciousness

  Carl Gustav Jung (1964). “Civilization in transition”

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• We cannot be satisfied with things as they are. We cannot be satisfied to drift, to rest on our oars, to glide over a sea whose depths are shaken by subterranean upheavals.

  John F. Kennedy

  Sea, Depth, Satisfaction

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• This Revolution is genuine because it was born from the same womb that always gives birth to massive social upheavals - the womb of intolerable conditions and unendurable situations.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Giving, Revolution, Birth

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.98, Beacon Press

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• At a time of great social upheaval, all things are possible.

  Jill Stein

  Social, All Things

  Source: www.cpa-connecticut.com

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• Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

  Robert Benchley

  Spring, Writing, Soul

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• Cosmic upheaval is not so moving as a little child pondering the death of a sparrow in the corner of a barn.

  Anouk Aimee

  Death, Children, Moving

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• In times of upheaval, people wish for nothing more than composure and sincerity.

  Martin Schulz

  People, Wish, Sincerity

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• In the midst of economic recovery and global upheaval, disasters like this remind us of the common humanity that we share.

  Barack Obama

  Powerful, Recovery, Common Humanity

  Remarks by the President on the Situation in Japan, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. March 17, 2011.

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• Artfulness is not simple entertainment,
  especially during upheaval,
  unleashing creative life is sacred duty.

  Clarissa Pinkola Estes

  Simple, Creative, Sacred

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• The real cause of the great upheavals which precede changes of civilisations, such as the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of the Arabian Empire, is a profound modification in the ideas of the peoples .... The memorable events of history are the visible effects of the invisible changes of human thought .... The present epoch is one of these critical moments in which the thought of mankind is undergoing a process of transformation.

  Gustave Le Bon

  Real, Fall, Memorable

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• Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.

  Karl Marx

  Sex, Progress, Ugly

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• Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change is like death and taxes - it should be postponed as long as possible and no change would be vastly preferable. But in a period of upheaval, such as the one we are living in, change is the norm.

  Peter Drucker

  Change, Long, Would Be

  Peter Drucker (2012). “Management Challenges for the 21st Century”, p.62, Routledge

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• I hold a beast, an angel and a madman within me.

  Dylan Thomas

  Angel, Enquiry, Beast

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• Adolescence represents an inner emotional upheaval, a struggle between the eternal human wish to cling to the past and the equally powerful wish to get on with the future.

  Louise J. Kaplan

  Powerful, Struggle, Past

  Louise J. Kaplan (1995). “Adolescence: The Farewell to Childhood”, Touchstone Books

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• The vast upheaval of the World War set in motion forces that will either destroy civilization or raise mankind to undreamed of heights of human welfare and prosperity.

  Arthur Henderson

  War, Civilization, World

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• In Europe the various ranks of society are, like the strata of the earth, fixed and fossilized. There can be no great change without a terrible upheaval, a social earthquake.

  Josiah Strong

  Change, Europe, Earthquakes

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• The line between inner and outer landscapes is breaking down. Earthquakes can result from seismic upheavals within the human mind. The whole random universe of the industrial age is breaking down into cryptic fragments.

  William S. Burroughs

  Earthquakes, Mind, Age

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• As major orchestras around the world are gripped in various kinds of crises and upheaval, we need to be sure that we are bringing up this new generation.

  James Levine

  Needs, Generations, World

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• It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

  Robert D. Kaplan

  Development, Poverty, Causes

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• I hold a beast, an angel, and a madman in me, and my enquiry is as to their working, and my problem is their subjugation and victory, down throw and upheaval, and my effort is their self-expression.

  Dylan Thomas

  Writing, Angel, Self

  Dylan Thomas, Paul Ferris (1985). “The collected letters”, Scribner

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• If I feel any sort of emotional upheaval, I go for a jog and I feel better.

  Kelly Ripa

  Feel Better, Emotional, Feels

  "Kelly Ripa: Fab at 40". Interview with David A. Keeps, www.goodhousekeeping.com. October 6, 2010.

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• As president, I will bring all the parties and stakeholders together. I am going to come up with a solution that respects the environment and does not cause an upheaval in the economy.

  Al Gore

  Party, President, Together

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• The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.

  C. L. R. James

  Country, Profound, Social

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