A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

Quote by Simone Weil

Topics: Simone Weil Quotes

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who...

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who...

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new...

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new...

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will...

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will...

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

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

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who...

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from...

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from...

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

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

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of...

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of...

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots...

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots...

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

Pain is the root of knowledge

Pain is the root of knowledge

There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It...

There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It...

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human...

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human...

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it...

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it...

The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and...

The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and...

May we be receptive to your supreme intelligence and become strong.

May we be receptive to your supreme intelligence and become strong.

Millions of dollars' worth of advertising shows such little respect for the reader's intelligence that...

Millions of dollars' worth of advertising shows such little respect for the reader's intelligence that...