Quote#Nature
A goal can only be reached if the means are in consonance with its…
Quote byGustav Landauer · 1870–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter from Landauer to Martin Buber 1901, quoted in Martin Buber's Life and Work, vol. I by M. Friedman 1981, p. 251.
English (original)
A goal can only be reached if the means are in consonance with its essential nature. One will never attain non-violence through violence.
— Gustav Landauer
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