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

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

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"In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

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"Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."

Erich Fromm, American Psychologist

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"It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment."

Honore De Balzac, French Novelist

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"I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks."

Janet Flanner, American Journalist

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"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause."

John Updike, American Novelist

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"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

William Blake, English Poet

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"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor."

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"It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down."

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"Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty."

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"Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand."

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"A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."

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"Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention."

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"The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest."

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"I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances."

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"In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of causes and the source of an infinite series of effects."

"Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."

"There is only one meaning of life: the act of living itself."

"It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment."

"I act as a sponge. I soak it up and squeeze it out in ink every two weeks."

"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."

"An affair wants to spill, to share its glory with the world. No act is so private it does not seek applause."

"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

"One of the reasons why so few of us ever act, instead of react, is because we are continually stifling our deepest impulses."

"In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor."

Explore more quotes by Simone Weil

"It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down."

"Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty."

"Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand."

"A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."

"Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention."

"The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest."

"I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances."

"Every perfect life is a parable invented by God."

"Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat."

"The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know."