The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwel… — Quoted

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“The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.”

Simone Weil · Truth

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Simone Weil

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

Beauty

Simone Weil

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves, as far as is possible in the society of today, that union between manual and intellectual labor which characterizes the society we are aiming at.

Hope

Simone Weil

If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.

Future

Simone Weil

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

Truth