A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
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 WeilMost works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.
Simone WeilEvery being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
Simone WeilBecause no other could do it, he himself went to the greatest possible distance, the infinite distance. This infinite distance between God and God, this supreme tearing apart, this incomparable agony, this marvel of love, is the crucifixion. Nothing can be further from God than that which has been made accursed.
Simone Weil