Violence is the method of ignorance, the weapon of the weak. The strong of heart and brain need no violence, for they are irresistible in their consciousness of being right.

Alexander Berkman
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  1. The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

  2. Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.

  3. The first step in making rabbit stew is catching the rabbit.

  4. Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.

  5. It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

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