More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

Quote by Simone Weil

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With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that...

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that...

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

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

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,...

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...

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits...

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits...

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

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

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 the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the...

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the...

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...

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

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,...

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...

Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life

Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...