Detachment Thereof Operating

Famous quotes containing the words detachment, thereof and/or operating:

    “There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.”
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    “I think there are innumerable gods. What we on earth call God is a little tribal God who has made an awful mess. Certainly forces operating through human consciousness control events.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)