Not only does the action of Governments not deter men from crimes; on the contrary, it increases crime by always disturbing and lowering the moral standard of society.

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The activity of art is... as important as the activity of language itself, and as universal.

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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. It is the one thing we are interested in here.

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Happiness is in your ability to love others.

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All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do.

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There can be only one permanent revolution - a moral one; the regeneration of the inner man.

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Those who neither struggle against violence nor take part in it can no more be enslaved than water can be cut.

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All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

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In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

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