A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it. —Lewis H. Lapham, American writer and editor

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It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake. —János Arany, Hungarian writer and poet

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As the State is a soulless machine, it can never be weaned from violence to which it owes its very existence. —Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian activist

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… with all his noble qualities … with all these exalted powers … Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. —Charles Darwin, British naturalist

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Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. —Samuel Johnson, 18th century British author and critic

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There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. —Samuel Johnson, 18th century British author and critic

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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. —Samuel Johnson, 18th century British author and critic

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There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. —Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist

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There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. —Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist

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In the West, people don’t believe animals have souls, do they? That’s not true in Japan, though. I myself believe that dogs and cats have souls — but that has nothing to do with a specific religion. Children have similar feelings about dolls — if they love a doll enough, they feel that it’s alive. That feeling is universal. It’s not something they’re taught — they just feel it somehow. It’s not connected with any religious belief. —Mamoru Oshii, Japanese director

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. —Jimi Hendrix, American musician

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Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence. —Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian activist

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