There are only two sorts of greatness: true greatness, which is of a spiritual order, and the old, old lie of world… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
It is only by entering the transcendental, the supernatural, the authentically spiritual order that man rises above the social. Until then, whatever… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Concern for the symbol has completely disappeared from our science . And yet, if one were to give oneself the trouble, one… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The real stumbling-block of totalitarian regimes is not the spiritual need of men for freedom of thought; it is men's inability to… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
During the last quarter of a century all the authority associated with the function of spiritual guidance ... has seeped down into… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
One should identify oneself with the universe itself. Everything that is less than the universe is subjected to suffering. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by displaying… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
