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True Greatness Quotes by Simone Weil
- There are only two sorts of greatness: true greatness, which is of a spiritual order, and the old, old lie of world conquest. Conquest is…
- The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
More True Greatness Quotes
- False greatness is unsociable and remote: conscious of its own frailty, it hides, or at least averts its face, and reveals itself… — Jean de la Bruyere
- It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god. — Seneca the Younger
- True greatness is when your name is like ampere, watt, and fourier-when it's spelled with a lower case letter. — Richard Hamming
- Integrity is the first step to true greatness. Men love to praise, but are slow to practice it. To maintain it in… — Charles Simmons
- In art, and in the higher ranges of science, there is a feeling of harmony which underlies all endeavor. There is no… — Albert Einstein
- A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a… — Calvin Coolidge
- To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone. — Thomas Lansing Masson
- True greatness, first of all, is a thing of the heart. It is alive with robust and generous sympathies. It is neither… — Roswell Dwight Hitchcock