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

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

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For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.

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All our problems are caused by forgetting what lives within us, and we sell our souls for the “bowl of stew” of bodily satisfactions.

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Let people judge me as they please - I can deceive them, but I cannot deceive myself.

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The only thing that we know is that we know nothing - and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.

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Happiness is in your ability to love others.

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Armies are necessary, before all things, for the defense of governments from their own oppressed and enslaved subjects.

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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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