Everyone wants a revolution, but nobody wants to wash the dishes.
Dorothy Day
He addresses the Senate as if he were living in Plato’s Republic rather than Romulus’s shit-hole.
Cicero on Cato
Any idiot can face a crisis; it’s this day-to-day living that wears you out.
Anton Chekhov
If you think you’re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.
Ram Dass