"To destroy the life that dwells in othersis beyond your power. The life of those you have slainhas vanished from your eyes, but is not destroyed. Yout...

The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a change of conscience.
~ Leo Tolstoy ~












The antagonism between life and conscience may be removed in two ways: by a change of life or by a c...
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