Authority rules your whole life, the authority of the past and the present, of the dead and the living, and your existence is a continuous invasion and violation of yourself, a constant subjection to the thoughts and the will of someone else.

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All I would like to do is change myself-make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves, like our deep primitive longings beckon us to do. And to a certain extent, by aiming for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, of the poor, of the destitute...I can to a certain extent change the world; I can work for the oasis, the little cell of joy and peace in a harried world. I can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever widening circle will reach the deepest and furthest caves of humanity. And I say, there is nothing that we can do but love, and dear well spring of truth, hidden deep inside, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as well as our friend.