Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop according to his own instincts, his own inclinations, society would undergo such a radical transformation as to make the adult revolutionary cower and cringe.

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Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as...

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

A ten-word epigram to be accurate needs a ten-page footnote, yet what it lacks in...

A ten-word epigram to be accurate needs a ten-page footnote, yet what it lacks in...

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed...

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

At middle age the soul should be opening up like a rose, not closing up...

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop...

Every genuine boy is a rebel and an anarch. If he were allowed to develop...

Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are...

Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are...

If your anti-anarchy arguement is people will get sick and starve. I must laugh in...

If your anti-anarchy arguement is people will get sick and starve. I must laugh in...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The...

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all...

Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all...

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by...

Anarchy is the sure consequence of tyranny; or no power that is not limited by...

Anarchy! Revolution, Justice, Screaming For Solutions, Forcing Changes, Risk, and Danger, Making Noise and Making...

Anarchy! Revolution, Justice, Screaming For Solutions, Forcing Changes, Risk, and Danger, Making Noise and Making...

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies,...

Although images of perfection in people's personal lives can cause unhappiness, images of perfect societies,...

Can you not see that it is the INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM and not the boss which...

Can you not see that it is the INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM and not the boss which...

When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to...

When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to...

Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to...

Anarchism has but one infallible, unchangeable motto, 'Freedom.' Freedom to discover any truth, freedom to...

If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a...

If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a...

A boy is a magical creature; you can lock him out of your workshop, but...

A boy is a magical creature; you can lock him out of your workshop, but...

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and...

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and...