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I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is read more
I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.
Beneath the ivory
towers of Harvard
are the catacombs
in which a hundred
thousand mice are caged.
Beneath the ivory
towers of Harvard
are the catacombs
in which a hundred
thousand mice are caged.
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable
Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the humblest imaginable
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small read more
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
Right reason is stronger than force.
Right reason is stronger than force.
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will read more
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.
Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.
We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.
We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited.
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of read more
Hate and force cannot be in just a part of the world without having an effect on the rest of it.