Simone Weil Quotes

Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.
Simone Weil

Human, Whatever, Degrades

When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
Simone Weil

Life, Men, Spiritual

Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead they are no more than corpses.
Simone Weil

Nothing, Cannot, Dead

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.
Simone Weil

Great, Human, Him

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Philosopher

Born: February 3, 1909

Died: August 24, 1943

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