I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. I insisted that our Cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement would not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it.
The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.
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