“The morality of the future will not dictate to people. It will absolutely refuse to shape the individual according to some abstract idea, just as it will refuse to shackle him through religion, laws or government. It will give the individual full and complete liberty. It will become a simple acknowledgement of the facts, a science.
What this science will say to lmen is this : if you do not feel strength within you, if your energy is just sufficient to keep up a greyish, monotonous kind of a life; with no powerful experiences, no reat pleasures, but also with no great suffering, well then keep to the simple principles of egalitarian ethics. When all is said and done, you will find in egalitarian relationships the greatest amount of happiness possible, given your mediocre energies.
But if you feel the force of life inside you, if want to live, if you want to enjoy the whole range of life in all its overflowing fullness, if you want to feel the greatest joy that a human being can know then be strong, be energetic in everything you do.
It is up to you to choose.” - Peter KropotkinThat which has underscored the passing of the days, this past year..
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