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"The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins."
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"We...advance toward a state of society in which not only each man but every impulse in each man claims carte blanche."

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"How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech."

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"Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their souls blend in a soft whisper, so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can, as it were, creep into God."
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