Nothing is less instructive than a machine.

Quote by Simone Weil

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Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

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...

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...

I can, therefore I am.

I can, therefore I am.

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human...

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human...

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

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...

One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who...

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who...

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to...

More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to...

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

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...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what...

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory...

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory...

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

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...

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...

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...