To destroy governmental violence, only one thing is needed: It is that people should understand that the feeling of patriotism, which alone supports that instrument of violence, is a rude, harmful, disgraceful, and bad feeling, and, above all, is immoral.

Rivers are places that renew our spirit, connect us with our past, and link us directly with the flow and rhythm of the natural world.

He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.

Everything ends in death, everything. Death is terrible.

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back.

What am I coming for?" he repeated, looking straight into her eyes. "You know that I have come to be where you are," he said; "I can't help it.

Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.