There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.

Quote by Simone Weil

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

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

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...

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like...

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like...

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

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

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes...

Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes...

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...

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...

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from...

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely,...

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely,...

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...

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,...

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the...

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the...

I can, therefore I am.

I can, therefore I am.