Quote by Simone Weil
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. – Simone Weil

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

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Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace. – Simone Weil

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Take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves. – Lord Chesterfield

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Three passions, simple but overwhelming, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. – Bertrand Russell, Autobiography, 1967

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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew, upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps, millions, think. – Lord Byron, Don Juan, 1819

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The first requisite for immortality is death. – Stanislaw J. Lec

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