Thijs Havenith

“I believe that informed adults should be allowed to inflict whatever suffering they wish - on themselves. But we are not entitled to harm other people.”
― George Monbiot, How Did We Get into This Mess?: Politics, Equality, Nature

“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

“... the more complex they made their world, the less capable they were of dealing with it. They had no means of consensus. They learnt to co-operate constructively in small units; but only destructively in large units. They aspired greedily, and then refused to face the responsibilities they had created. They created vast problems, and then buried their heads in the sands of idle faith.”
― John Wyndham, The Chrysalids

“The Russian soul is a dark place.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot