Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.

Quote by Simone Weil

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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...

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...

Humility is attentive patience.

Humility is attentive patience.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

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

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

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no...

For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no...

Humility is attentive patience.

Humility is attentive patience.

Nothing is less instructive than a machine.

Nothing is less instructive than a machine.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Pain is the root of knowledge

Pain is the root of knowledge

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence...

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence...

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be...

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be...

When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual...

When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual...

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...

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The...

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The...

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.

Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.