Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.

Quote by Simone Weil

Topics: Intelligence Quotes

Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day,...

Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day,...

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the...

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the...

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of...

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of...

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

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...

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 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...

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

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

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory...

It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory...

I can, therefore I am.

I can, therefore I am.

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...

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...

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of...

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of...

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...

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

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...

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...

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...