Quotes by Weil, Simone

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggl >>

Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in instituti >>

A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himsel >>

Quotations about Force

Force works on servile natures, not the free. >>

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions whi >>

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, a >>

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.

Weil, Simone