Weil, Simone

"Leadership is the burden of seeing clearly what others deny."

"The moment of creation is always a moment of grace."

"Justice demands that we protect the powerless from exploitation."

"The soul's greatest enemy is the desire to be comfortable."

"Dreams are the soul's language when the mind is silent."

"Obedience to truth is the foundation of freedom."

"The body and soul must find their proper balance."

"Adventure is the soul's way of expanding its understanding."

"Motivation without compassion becomes tyranny."

"The soul requires both solitude and communion to flourish."

"Gravity and grace are the two fundamental forces that govern human existence and spiritual development."

"The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a rare and precious thing."

"We must learn to desire what is impossible."

"Method and substance are often at odds in the pursuit of truth."

"The soul's deepest need is to be loved for what it truly is, not what it pretends to be."

"Affliction is the surest path to the sacred, if we do not allow it to destroy us."

"Most of the things we call living are merely not dying."

"The beautiful is the only truth that matters in a world of lies."

"To have nothing is sometimes the condition for possessing everything."

"Industrial society creates the illusion of understanding while preventing actual thought."

"Pure thought requires the silence of the soul."

"Justice is impossible without the capacity to imagine the suffering of another."

"We must empty ourselves completely before we can be filled with truth."

"The hunger for beauty and the hunger for bread are equally sacred."

"Obedience to necessity is the only true freedom."

"To study geometry is to prepare the soul for the apprehension of eternal truths."

"The real sin is not to use power when one has it."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but the transformation of fear into something greater."

"We are separated from God only by our refusal to remain silent."

"The modern mind substitutes explanations for understanding."