Quotes by Weil, Simone

The future is made of the same stuff as the present. >>

Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, >>

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their b >>

Quotations about Humankind

Mankind is made great or little by its own will. >>

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the tor >>

Ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. [Genesis 3:5] >>

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.

Weil, Simone