A mind enclosed in language is in prison. Simone Weil encloselanguagemind Change image and share on social
Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being. Simone Weil debasedegradeentire Change image and share on social
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. Simone Weil belongdreamfind Change image and share on social
To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. Simone Weil conceivedefinedoor Change image and share on social
A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines. Simone Weil avoiddeceivedoctrine Change image and share on social
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link. Simone Weil adjoincellcommunicate share on social
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. Simone Weil includemakenation Change image and share on social
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. Simone Weil aspectatheistconcentrate Change image and share on social
To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves. Simone Weil endgreatlive Change image and share on social
There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too. Simone Weil detachmentendurehatred Change image and share on social
