The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know. – Simone Weil
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. – Simone Weil

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know. – Simone Weil
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. – Simone Weil
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. – Simone Weil
Each of us has a very rich nature and can look at things objectively, from a distance, and at the same time can have something more personal to say about them. I am trying to look at the world, and at myself, from many different points of view. I think many poets have this duality. – Wislawa Szymborska