It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.

Quote by Simone Weil

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Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

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...

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the...

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the...

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that...

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that...

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...

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...

Learn to reject friendship, or rather the dream of friendship. To want friendship is a...

Learn to reject friendship, or rather the dream of friendship. To want friendship is a...

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...

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely,...

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely,...

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...

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...

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...

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are...

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are...

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

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

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...

Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a...

Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a...

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like...

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like...

I can, therefore I am.

I can, therefore I am.

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...

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.