Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.
Simone WeilHuman existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
Simone WeilThe real stumbling-block of totalitarian regimes is not the spiritual need of men for freedom of thought; it is men's inability to stand the physical and nervous strain of a permanent state of excitement, except during a few years of their youth.
Simone WeilWe have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, โI am suffering,โ than to say, โThis landscape is ugly.
Simone Weil