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Tolstoy was an advocate of non-resistance only because he was protected from people’s impudence by his innumerable friends. One man can stand for non-resistance, because those who stand for resistance will protect him. You will not be able to do without resistance advocates.

— Konstantin Tsiolkovsky

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The blue distance, the mysterious Heavens, the example of birds and insects flying everywhere —are always beckoning Humanity to rise into the air.

All the Universe is full of the life of perfect creatures.

A planet is the cradle of mind, but one cannot live in a cradle forever.

Nothing exists, save atoms and their combinations. There is no atom, which wouldn't periodically take part in life.

Планета есть колыбель разума, но нельзя вечно жить в колыбели

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