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

Topics: Danger Quotes

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...

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...

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

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

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

Nothing is less instructive than a machine.

Nothing is less instructive than a machine.

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual...

When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual...

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...

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...

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...

Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two...

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two...

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and...

Storytellers, by the very act of telling, communicate a radical learning that changes lives and...

God is a great expense but government would be impossible without him

God is a great expense but government would be impossible without him

The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and...

The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God; and...