Our power knows no limits, yet we cannot find food for a starving child, or a home for … - John le Carre

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Crying, that is, sobbing is the earliest and deepest way to release tension. Infants can cry almost from the moment of birth, and do so easily following every stress that produces a state of tension in the body. . . Human beings are the only creatures who can react in this way to stress and tension. Most probably, they are the only ones who need this form of release.

John le Carre

Our power knows no limits, yet we cannot find food for a starving child, or a home for a refugee. Our knowledge is without measure and we build the weapons that will destroy us. We live on the edge of ourselves, terrified of the darkness within. We have harmed, corrupted and ruined, we have made mistakes and deceived.

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