Quotes by Weil, Simone

Whenever a human being, through the commission of a crime, has become >>

Nothing is less instructive than a machine. >>

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and s >>

Quotations about Pain

Remember that pain has this most excellent quality. If prolonged it ca >>

All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love a >>

After great pain, a formal feeling comes. The Nerves sit ceremonious, >>

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too.

Weil, Simone