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I don't think violence is the root of power. Violence is an action, a manifestation, if you will.
The root of power exists in the individual mind. How you interpret the world, decide on your course of actions, and then follow through will determine your source of power.
Mastery over others is being strong; mastery over oneself is the greatest power.
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Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds theirs. We live by the death of others: we are burial places! I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look on the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men. —Leonardo da Vinci
Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —"Burnt Norton," Four Quartets, T. S. Eliot
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