Simone Weil Quotes & Sayings (Page 7)

“The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at.”

“It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.”

“Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.”

“To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.”

“A mind enclosed in language is in prison.”

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

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

“I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.”

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

“Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.”