Humility is attentive patience.

Quote by Simone Weil

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Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of...

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of...

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...

Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day,...

Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day,...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are...

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are...

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that...

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that...

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of...

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of...

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable...

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable...

I can, therefore I am.

I can, therefore I am.

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but...

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but...

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...

Pain is the root of knowledge

Pain is the root of knowledge

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

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.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in...

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in...

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if...

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if...

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal...

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal...

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

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

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and...

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and...

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.