The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.

Quote by Simone Weil

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Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will...

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will...

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...

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends...

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends...

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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,...

Humility is attentive patience.

Humility is attentive patience.

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

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...

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

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

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...

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

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

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

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only...