The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

Quote by Simone Weil

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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...

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

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,...

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

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

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...

Humility is attentive patience.

Humility is attentive patience.

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...

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.

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which...

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which...

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new...

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new...

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...

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...

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...

There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It...

There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It...

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

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

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

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...

Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to...

Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to...

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...