Quote by Simone Weil
To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. - Simone

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. – Simone Weil

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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. – Simone Weil

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A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. – Simone Weil

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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions reality can be attained only by someone who is detached. – Simone Weil

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There is no force so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Everett Dirksen

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Men should think twice before making widow hood womans only path to power. – Gloria Steinem

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The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. – Daniel J. Boorstin

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Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations. – Raymond Chandler

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