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On Violence
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The technical development of the implements of violence has now reached the point where no political goal could conceivably correspond to their destructive potential or justify their actual use in armed conflict.
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Lady Windermere's Fan
― Lady Windermere's Fan
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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“I live my life in widening circles that reach out across the world.”
― Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
― Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
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“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
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