Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.
From Simone Weil
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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.
In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
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