It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.
Simone WeilElectra weeping for the dead Orestes. If we love God while thinking that he does not exist, he will manifest his existence.
Simone WeilMoney destroys human roots wherever it is able to penetrate, by turning desire for gain into the sole motive. It easily manages to outweigh all other motives, because the effort it demands of the mind is so very much less. Nothing is so clear and so simple as a row of figures.
Simone WeilThe speed with which bureaucracy has invaded almost every branch of human activity is something astounding once one thinks about it.
Simone Weil