Quotes by Simone Weil

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

#Simone Weil

A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its...

#Simone Weil

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

#Simone Weil

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

#Simone Weil

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in...

#Simone Weil

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

#Simone Weil

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

#Simone Weil

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of...

#Simone Weil

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of...

#Simone Weil

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

#Simone Weil

Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to...

#Simone Weil

One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

#Simone Weil