Dark Matter | Hazlitt

The main reason for secrets of any sort is to gain and maintain power.

If you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself.

The moment we knowingly conceal information from others we set a boundary between ourselves and those who do not possess the knowledge. This boundary provides us with a space of privacy and privilege. It can be used to shield us from pain and protect us from harm. Or it can act as a barrier, built to exclude and oppress those deemed unworthy of acc

To say that there are no secrets left today would mean that we live in a society with no hidden injustices.

What remains truly novel is typically “hidden,” “obscure,” and “concealed” because it is troubling: the dirty secrets and the lies. They are hardly timid about sussing these out.

I learned a long time ago that my job consists of uncovering the secrets people keep from themselves as much or more than the ones they keep from each other.”