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The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and d

The role of the intelligence – that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. – Simone Weil

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As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles. – Simone Weil

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The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. – 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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The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. – Plutarch

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Millions of dollars worth of advertising shows such little respect for the readers intelligence that it amounts almost to outright insult. – James Randolph Adams

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