The enslaving of the other is also the enslaving of the self.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.
Love is jealous, and ingenious in self-torture in proportion as it is pure and intense.
By rendering the labor of one, the property of the other, they cherish pride, luxury, and vanity on one side; on the other, vice and servility, or hatred and revolt.
Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.
A people morally and intellectually equal to self-government must also be equal in self-defence.
To take refuge with an inferior is to betray one's self.
It is certain that, because the negligent do not struggle against self, they never achieve peace of soul or do so tardily, and never possess any virtue in its fullness, while the energetic and industrious make notable advances on both fronts.
Self-hatred and self-love are equally self-centered.
Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle of reason and responsibility in us. It is the root of freedom, it is what makes us men.
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