The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.
Simone WeilTo write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves.
Simone WeilA test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.
Simone Weil