Quote by Simone Weil
Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a nece

Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty. – Simone Weil

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The only way into truth is through ones own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. – Simone Weil

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A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again – Simone Weil

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When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder. – Simone Weil

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The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed. – Mason Cooley

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Our enemies are our evil deeds and their memories, our pride, our selfishness, our malice, our passions, which by conscience or by habit pursue us with a relentlessness past the power of figure to express. – George A. Smith

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Just as Pollock used the drip to meld process and product, Richter found and used the smudge and the blur to ravish the eye, creating works of psychic and physical power. – Jerry Saltz

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The truth does not require a majority to prevail, ladies and gentlemen. The truth is its own power. The truth will out. Never forget that. – Rush Limbaugh

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