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In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs. ↗

— Simone Weil

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In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention. ↗

— Simone Weil

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It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that is established when arms have been laid down. ↗

— Simone Weil

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Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought. ↗

— Simone Weil

#else #genius #humility #nothing #real

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes. ↗

— Simone Weil

#destruction #greatest #past #perhaps

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil. ↗

— Simone Weil

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The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. ↗

— Simone Weil

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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. ↗

— Simone Weil

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To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself. ↗

— Simone Weil

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To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile. ↗

— Simone Weil

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