Weil, Simone

"Beauty teaches us about the transcendent without words."

"Work without rest leads to the death of the spirit."

"Humility is the doorway through which grace enters."

"The past cannot teach us unless we suffer to understand it."

"Modern machines have enslaved the human mind."

"Truth requires the sacrifice of cherished beliefs."

"The soul hungers for what civilization has taught it to despise."

"Collectivity without community is spiritual desolation."

"Nature reveals the architecture of divine thought."

"The mind achieves its greatest power in stillness."

"Evil is the deflection of the energy of the soul."

"To think is to accept the possibility of error."

"The soul of a nation lives in its myths and stories."

"Suffering, when understood, becomes a teacher of grace."

"The pursuit of power is the rejection of love."

"We must learn to want what we need, not need what we want."

"Slavery began when humans decided labor was beneath dignity."

"The soul knows truth through contemplation, not argument."

"Death is not the end but a transformation of consciousness."

"Art is the human rebellion against the meaninglessness of existence."

"Peace requires the death of our appetites for control."

"The modern world has replaced wonder with efficiency."

"Kindness is the highest expression of intelligence."

"The soul must be starved before it can be nourished."

"To change society, we must first change ourselves."

"The pursuit of knowledge without virtue is dangerous."

"Love is the orientation of the entire being toward the good."

"Strength is not the absence of weakness but its transformation."

"The soul speaks a language older than words."

"We are afraid of what we refuse to understand."