More From Simone Weil
- "An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God."
- "A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war."
- "Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication."
More In Power
- "Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world."― Henry Adams
- "People have the power to redeem the work of fools."― Patti Smith
- "I think the term poet is a very exalted term and should be applied to a man at the end of his work. When he looks back over the body of his work and he’s written poetry then let the verdict be that he’s a poet."― Leonard Cohen