Algebra and money are essentially levelers; the first intellectually, the second effectively.
Simone WeilIt is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
Simone WeilAttachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
Simone WeilThere is no greater joy for me than looking at the sky on a clear night with an attention so concentrated that all my other thoughts disappear; then one can think that the stars enter into one's soul.
Simone Weil