Quote by Simone Weil
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization fou

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. – Simone Weil

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When a mans life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other mens actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him. – Simone Weil

Category:
Hurt, Injury
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Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link. – Simone Weil

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communication
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Other Quotes from
work
category

I suppose I have a really loose interpretation of work, because I think that just being alive is so much work at something you dont always want to do. The machinery is always going. Even when you sleep. – Andy Warhol

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work

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earths surface relative to other matter second, telling other people to do so. – Bertrand Russell

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work

There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again. – Emmanuelle Beart

Category:
work

If youre interested in balancing work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable. – Donald Trump

Category:
work

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My work is the only ground Ive ever had to stand on. I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation but Im working on the foundation. – Marilyn Monroe

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work

There is a good reason they call these ceremonies “commencement exercises.” Graduation is not the end; it’s the beginning. – Orrin Hatch

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Graduation

This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. Its, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television. – Dan Rather

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Science

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. – Aristotle

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Time