Alex A

“There is no place, it seems, free from the intrusion of Man, who stretches out his hand for everything, even that which is in the air.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter

“The greatest evil that can oppress civilized peoples derives from wars, not, indeed, so much from actual present or past wars, as from the never-ending and constantly increasing arming for future war.”
― Immanuel Kant, Perpetual Peace and Other Essays

“Initially all he dreamed and wished for, eventually it became his bitter lot. Those who live for power are destroyed by power, those who live for money by money; service is the ruin of the servile, pleasure the ruin of the pleasure-seeker.”
― Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

“Your roots are spread deep into the unknown. Fearing the unknown means fearing your own roots.”
― Shunya