

“When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you � pull your beard, flick your face � to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.”
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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
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“Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries? Will strangers hear our names long after we are gone, and wonder who we were, how bravely we fought, how fiercely we loved?”
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“The purpose of reading history is not to deride or vilify anybody. And it shouldn’t be. At best, the study of history should help us to honestly, dispassionately understand the rights and wrongs of people we regard as our ancestors and use those lessons to shape our present and future.”
― Aavarana: The Veil
― Aavarana: The Veil

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