Quotes by Weil, Simone

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we >>

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its >>

If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall >>

Quotations about Debt

Nowadays people can be divided into three classes -- the haves the hav >>

You build on cost and you borrow on value. >>

Small debts are like small gun shot; they are rattling around us on al >>

The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware, between these two contradictory necessities.

Weil, Simone