Degradation Quote by Simone Weil

“A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.”

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Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.

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One should identify oneself with the universe itself. Everything that is less than the universe is subjected to suffering.

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The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

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The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

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To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight.

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Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the…

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The entire universe is nothing but a great metaphor.

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Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice.

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