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
Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does. – Simone Weil
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. – Simone Weil
Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. – Simone Weil