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“Actions can be evil: the inversion of truth, power inflicted on the powerless, violence on the full spectrum of psychological to physical, subtle to unsubtle: all these acts, in the right context, can be defined as evil.”

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Book:Life As A Kite

Source: Life As A Kite

“Power is the ultimate inauthenticity. It obscures the truth of our common human experience: that we are all equally without essence, that we are all therefore equal.”

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Book:Life As A Kite

Source: Life As A Kite

“But until we all realise that power – be it that of gods, of kings or of masters – only exists in our minds, dear Venerable, do not tell me to dispense with the concept of freedom.”

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Book:Life As A Kite

Source: Life As A Kite

“One way or another, we spend our whole lives being conditioned into accepting some line or order, some position of domination or subjection. It’s hard to unlearn such hierarchy, to undo such control. It’s implicit.”

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Book:Of Bodies Changed

Source: Of Bodies Changed

“Religion does have a tendency to cling to power. That is the nature of the beast. It lends spiritual credibility to barbaric acts, is given protection and sustenance in return.”

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Book:Life As A Kite

Source: Life As A Kite

“Power does not simply stop at the locking of a door, even a cell door.”

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Book:Life As A Kite

Source: Life As A Kite

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