On Belief Quotes

“The "Western Buddhist" meditative stance is arguably the most efficient way, for us, to fully participate in the capitalist dynamic while retaining the appearance of mental sanity.”
― Slavoj Žižek, On Belief

“Like an authentic conservative, a true Leninist is not afraid to pass to the act, to assume all the consequences, unpleasant as they may be, of realizing his political project.”
― Slavoj Žižek, On Belief

“Lenin violently displaces Marx, tears his theory out of its original context, planting it in another historical moment, and thus effectively universalizes it.”
― Slavoj Žižek, On Belief