Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. – Simone Weil
As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles. – Simone Weil
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
What a country calls its vital… interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war. – Simone Weil