Quotes by Simone Weil

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

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Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as...

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Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a...

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

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

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Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

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Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will...

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Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to...

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Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who...

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As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame,...

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

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