It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down.
Simone WeilThere is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
Simone WeilOne can never really give a proof of the reality of anything; reality is not something open to proof, it is something established. It is established just because proof is not enough. It is this characteristic of language, at once indispensable and inadequate, which shows the reality of the external world. Most people hardly ever realize this, because it is rare that the very same man thinks and puts his thought into action.
Simone Weil