Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Quote by Simone Weil

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The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends...

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends...

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live,...

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live,...

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say,...

The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say,...

Humility is attentive patience.

Humility is attentive patience.

Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing...

Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing...

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...

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

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

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...

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as...

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as...

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...

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent...

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent...

The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation...

The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation...

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes...

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes...

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of...

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of...

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on...

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on...

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which...

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which...