"To affirm is not to bear, carry, or……" — Gilles Deleuze
"To affirm is not to bear, carry, or harness oneself to that which exists, but on the contrary to unburden, unharness, and set free that which lives."
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55 Quotes by Gilles Deleuze
Gilles Deleuze has 55 quotes on this site.
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Only thought is capable of inventing the fiction of a State that is universal by right, of elevation the State…
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The philosopher creates, he doesn't reflect.
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There's no need to fear or hope, but only to look for new weapons.
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One of the principal motifs of Nietzsche's work is that Kant had not carried out a true critique because he…
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Evaluations, in essence, are … ways of being, modes of existence of those who judge and evaluate.
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Nietzsche's break with Schopenhauer rests on precisely this point; it is a matter of knowing whether the will is unitary…
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The conditions of a true critique and a true creation are the same: the destruction of an image of thought…
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The plane of consistency is the abolition of all metaphor; all that consists is Real.
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The problem is no longer getting people to express themselves, but providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which…
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What do you know about me, given that I believe in secrecy? ... If I stick where I am, if…
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A creator is someone who creates their own impossibilities, and thereby creates possibilities.
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Instead of gambling on the eternal impossibility of the revolution and on the fascist return of a war-machine in general,…
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If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy…
— Irving Babbitt
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Today we affirm a new commitment to live out our nation's promise through civility, courage, compassion and character.
— George W. Bush
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What we need to affirm is that Jesus is neither a Democrat nor a Republican. Whenever we marry Jesus to…
— Tony Campolo
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In a pitch black room, you can affirm "let their be light" or you can light one candle.
— Ken McCarthy
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Some recent philosophers seem to have given their moral approval to these deplorable verdicts that affirm that the intelligence of…
— Alfred Binet
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You know, in the oath that brand-new citizens take, it contains six different references to 'the law.' If it's good…
— Trey Gowdy
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The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Worship is the highest act of which a person is capable. It not only stretches us beyond all the limits…
— Unknown Author
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The deeper you love yourself, the more the universe will affirm your worth. Then you can enjoy a lifelong love…
— Alan Cohen
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In 1891, during the Presidency of William Henry Harrison [Benjamin Harrison], electric lights were first installed in the White House,…
— Jimmy Carter
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I cannot affirm God if I fail to affirm man. Therefore, I affirm both. Without a belief in human unity…
— Norman Cousins
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An affirmation states that a goal is already happening. I'm not crazy about this because, often when we affirm something…
— T. Harv Eker
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