To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
SIMONE WEILI suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
More Simone Weil Quotes
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The world is God’s language to us.
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The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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God’s love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God’s love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.
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Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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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.
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We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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