The need for truth is not constant; no more than is the need for repose. An idea which is a distortion may have a greater intellectual thrust than the truth; it may better serve the needs of the spirit, which vary. The truth is balance, but the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.


Review of Selected Essays by Simone Weil, The New York Review of Books (1 February 1963).

Susan Sontag Quotes

The need for truth is not constant; no more than is the need for repose. An idea which is a distortion may have a greater intellectual thrust than...

The need for truth is not constant; no more than is the need for repose. An idea which is a distortion may have a greater intellectual thrust than...

The need for truth is not constant; no more than is the need for repose. An idea which is a distortion may have a greater intellectual thrust than...

The need for truth is not constant; no more than is the need for repose. An idea which is a distortion may have a greater intellectual thrust than...