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> [“And the priests looked down into the pit of injustice and they turned their faces away and said, 'Our kingdom is not as the kingdom of this world. Our life on earth is but a pilgrimage. The soul lives on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/and-the-priests-looked-down-into-the-pit-of-injustice-and-they-turned/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

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## More by Peter Weiss

> [The only truths we can point to are the ever-changing truths of our own experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/the-only-truths-we-can-point-to-are-the-ever-changing-truths-of-our/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [“And the priests looked down into the pit of injustice and they turned their faces away and said, 'Our kingdom is not as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/and-the-priests-looked-down-into-the-pit-of-injustice-and-they-turned/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [Don't be deceived when our Revolution has been finally stamped out and they tell you things are better now Even if there's no poverty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/don-t-be-deceived-when-our-revolution-has-been-finally-stamped-out/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [Every death even the cruelest death drowns in the total indifference of Nature Nature herself would watch unmoved if we destroyed the entire human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/every-death-even-the-cruelest-death-drowns-in-the-total-indifference/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [What has gone wrong with the men who are ruling I'd like to know who they think they are fooling They told us that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/what-has-gone-wrong-with-the-men-who-are-ruling-i-d-like-to-know-who/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [Against Nature's silence I use action In the vast indifference I invent a meaning I don't watch unmoved I intervene and say that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/against-nature-s-silence-i-use-action-in-the-vast-indifference-i/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [We're all so clogged with dead ideas passed from generation to generation that even the best of us don't know the way out We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/we-re-all-so-clogged-with-dead-ideas-passed-from-generation-to/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [“We're all free and equal to die like dogs”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/we-re-all-free-and-equal-to-die-like-dogs/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [We've got rights the right to starve We've got jobs waiting for work We're all brothers lousy and dirty We're all free and equal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/we-ve-got-rights-the-right-to-starve-we-ve-got-jobs-waiting-for-work/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [Long ago I left heroics to the heroes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/long-ago-i-left-heroics-to-the-heroes/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [What's the point of a revolution without general copulation copulation copulation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/what-s-the-point-of-a-revolution-without-general-copulation/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [Fight on land and sea All men want to be free If they don't never mind we'll abolish all mankind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/fight-on-land-and-sea-all-men-want-to-be-free-if-they-don-t-never/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [I could buy myself paper, a pen, a pencil and a brush and could create pictures whenever and wherever I wanted. ... That evening,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/i-could-buy-myself-paper-a-pen-a-pencil-and-a-brush-and-could-create/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [With the plundered people transferring their energies into relaxed and receptive thoughts, degradation and lust for power produced art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/with-the-plundered-people-transferring-their-energies-into-relaxed/)

[Peter Weiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-weiss/)

> [The important thing is to pull yourself up by your own hair to turn yourself inside out and see the whole world with fresh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-weiss/the-important-thing-is-to-pull-yourself-up-by-your-own-hair-to-turn/)

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