Sermonettes make Christianettes.
You would be surprised what two hours of daily exercise and five hundred stomach crunches can do for you.
But even quashed rebellions leave us different. Because freedom may be a forbidden fruit in tyrannies, but once tasted, it is unforgettable.
No power was total, no power permanent, no power absolute.
You know, sometimes the most direct route isn't the right one. - Jacob
Silence, too, can be torture.
From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to wreak maximum damage ticked like a bomb in your head, but exploded in your heart hours later, leaving you scarred and changed.
The fact is that when you are in a clean, clear state of mind you will be free to pay full attention to what you are doing and you will therefore naturally do it well. Problems come when you are not living in a natural state of mind. Then, no matter what you are doing your mind will be on something else.
Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable - as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.
You have to be careful not to get overexposed.
It is easy to overthrow a government but very difficult to build a new one.