To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. — Quoted

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“To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.”

Simone Weil · Power

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The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

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

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Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

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