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He Quotes by Simone Weil
- We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The…
- It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of…
- With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he…
- Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the…
More He Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- No one loves the man whom he fears. — Aristotle
- Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. — Matthew Arnold
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he… — Nelson Mandela