More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic. Simone Weil Read Quote
To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny. Simone Weil Read Quote
Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy. Simone Weil Read Quote
The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil. Simone Weil Read Quote
There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul. Simone Weil Read Quote
We can only know one thing about God – that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. Simone Weil Read Quote
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war. Simone Weil Read Quote
In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs. Simone Weil Read Quote
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 Read Quote
