When a man's life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other men's actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him.
Simone WeilPain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
Simone WeilUprooting is by far the most dangerous of the ills of human society, for it perpetuates itself.
Simone Weil