The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. – Simone Weil
The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. – Simone Weil
Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it. – Simone Weil
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings. – Simone Weil