Hobbes, Thomas

Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.

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Kabbalah

The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.

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Napoleon I

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spiSrit.

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Trotsky, Leon

Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation.

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Upanishads

As a draft-animal is yoked in a wagon, even so the spirit is yoked in this body.

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