The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
Simone WeilThe demonstrable correlation of opposites is an image of the transcendental correlation of contradictories.
Simone WeilThe Our Father contains all possible petitions; we cannot conceive of any prayer not already contained in it. It is to prayer what Christ is to humanity.
Simone WeilThe role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.
Simone Weil