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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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...

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...

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...

Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose...

Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose...

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

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

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...

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

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...

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

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...

Humility is attentive patience.

Humility is attentive patience.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

I can, therefore I am.

I can, therefore I am.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

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...

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...

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...

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...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline -...

Blessed be the country where force and punishment don't have to be employed.

Blessed be the country where force and punishment don't have to be employed.

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations....

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations....