We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.

Quote by Simone Weil

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I can, therefore I am.

I can, therefore I am.

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,...

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if...

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if...

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...

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on...

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on...

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...

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...

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...

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

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,...

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it...

Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it...

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...

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

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

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are...

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are...