'twasn't me, that bloke (or blokess) over there said it...

The means whereby to identify dead forms is Mathematical Law. The means whereby to understand living forms is Analogy. By these means we are enabled to distinguish polarity and periodicity in the world.

Oswald Spengler, Decline of the West: Introduction

Set the sails, I feel the wind a-stirring,
For the bright horizon set the way,
Cast your wreckless dreams upon our Mayflower,
A haven from the world and her decay.

"Charlie Darwin" by The Low Anthem on the album "Oh My God Charlie Darwin"

Before you can rise up you need to dig in.

Anon

Revolution is merely the boiling point of evolution.
Because revolution is evolution at its boiling point you cannot "make" a real revolution any more than you can hasten the boiling of a tea kettle.

Alexander Berkman "What is Anarchism?"