The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.
Author: Simone Weil
What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live but things that help it make war.
What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live but things that help it make war.
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything including war except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything including war except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
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 first it intoxicates. The truth is nobody really possesses it.
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 first it intoxicates. The truth is nobody really possesses it.
The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.
The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
There is one and only one thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely repressive justice.
There is one and only one thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely repressive justice.
More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.
More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.
In the intellectual order the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
In the intellectual order the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity even a duty.
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity even a duty.
To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.
To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.
Humility is attentive patience.
Humility is attentive patience.