French - Philosopher | February 3, 1909 - August 24, 1943
The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.
Simone Weil
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Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.
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Nothing is less instructive than a machine.
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I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.
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There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.
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A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.
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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.
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There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.
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The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.
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Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.
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The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.
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