When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.

Quote by Simone Weil

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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...

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but...

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but...

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal...

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal...

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as...

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but...

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but...

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...

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

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

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

All sins are attempts to fill voids.

Humility is attentive patience.

Humility is attentive patience.

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult...

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...

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.

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...

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.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time...

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time...

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...

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that...

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that...

Learn to reject friendship, or rather the dream of friendship. To want friendship is a...

Learn to reject friendship, or rather the dream of friendship. To want friendship is a...

As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be...

As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be...

It is the greatest feeling ever and my best friend in the whole world riding...

It is the greatest feeling ever and my best friend in the whole world riding...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...