Quotes by Weil, Simone

In relation to God, we are like a thief who has burgled the house of a >>

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

Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in >>

Quotations about Submission

My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are. >>

There're two people in the world that are not likeable: a master and a >>

There is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largen >>

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits -- and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.

Weil, Simone