Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being. – 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
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder. – Simone Weil
Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does. – Simone Weil