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Book I • Marcus Aurelius“When conquest is achieved, the authority of the conqueror put an end to internal strife, and the social life-conception was justified. But this justification is only temporary. Internal feuds cease only when the pressure of authority is brought to bear with greater weight upon individuals formerly inimical to one another. The violence of the internal struggle, not annihilated by authority, is the offspring of authority itself. Authority is in the hands of men who, like all the rest, are ever ready to sacrifice the common weal if their own personal interests are at stake; with the sole difference that these men, encountering no resistance from the oppressed, are wholly subject to the corrupting influence of authority itself.”
The Kingdom of God is Within You • Leo Tolstoy“ "A superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions."”
The Analects of Confucius • Confucius“ “Because without compassion, life has little value.””
My Sweet Orange Tree • José Mauro de Vasconcelos“Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.”
The Art Of War • Sun Tzu