#initiation

All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals. ↗

— Ron Paul

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The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence. ↗

— Ron Paul

#esteem #free #free society #held #highest

A true initiation never ends. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#initiation #never #true

Deep, unspeakable suffering may well be called a baptism, a regeneration, the initiation into a new state. ↗

— Ira Gershwin

#called #deep #initiation #into #may

When we speak of the Path we mean much more than a course of study. The Path is a way of life and on it the whole being must co-operate if the heights are to be won. ↗

— Dion Fortune

#path #life

There has already been the karmic work: that what life has transformed in me, this initiation brought on, of necessity, by trials. ↗

— Isabelle Adjani

#been #brought #initiation #karmic #life

The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy for the prevention and control of osteoporosis, and I think a good partnership could be established in our common efforts to prevent osteoporosis. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

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