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Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go.


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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

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There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.



The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

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It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.

It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle of perception and charity not to teach your child to hate.



Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be

Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be



People can cry much easier than they can change.

People can cry much easier than they can change.




But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.

But the relationship of morality and power is a very subtle one. Because ultimately power without morality is no longer power.





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