The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry.

Quote by Simone Weil

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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...

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.

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...

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...

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of...

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of...

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...

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...

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...

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the...

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the...

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...

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as...

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as...

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent...

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent...

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

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

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

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...

Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to...

Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to...

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...

Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite...

Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite...

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and...

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and...