„In new and wild communities where there is violence, an honest man must protect himself; and until other means of securing his safety are devised, it is both foolish and wicked to persuade him to surrender his arms while the men who are dangerous to the community retain theirs.“

— Theodore Roosevelt

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„His retreat into himself is not a final renunciation of the world, but a search for quietude, where alone it is possible for him to make his contribution to the life of the community.“
— C.G. Jung
„The man who, through his own efforts, is able to perform all the actions necessary for his comfort and development in life, conquers himself, and in doing so multiplies his abilities and perfects himself as an individual.We must make of the future generation, powerful men, and by that we mean men who are independent and free.“
— Maria Montessori
„Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish… Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.“
— Hermann Hesse
„There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers.“
— Ayn Rand