Quotes by Weil, Simone

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin >>

The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is >>

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded >>

Quotations about Victims

When a man's life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation o >>

Once victim, always victim -- that's the law! >>

Sympathy for victims is always counter-balanced by an equal and opposi >>

When a man's life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other men's actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him.

Weil, Simone