English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Simone Weil Quotes

Simone Weil quote: "The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that..."

The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.

Simone Weil

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Caroline Corr quote: "I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which..."
I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing. Caroline Corr
Gray Davis quote: "As the governor of this state, I obviously see the issue quite..."
As the governor of this state, I obviously see the issue quite differently. Gray Davis
William Bernbach quote: "In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil..."
In this very real world, good doesn't drive out evil. Evil doesn't drive out good. But the energetic displaces the passive. William Bernbach
Ty Pennington quote: "Design can change how you look at yourself."
Design can change how you look at yourself. Ty Pennington
Fear is stronger than love, remember that. Fear is stronger than love, all that love I gave didn't mean nothing when it came to fear. Tupac Shakur
The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war. Lester B. Pearson
Robert Mapplethorpe quote: "I'm not a photojournalist."
I'm not a photojournalist. Robert Mapplethorpe
Orhan Pamuk quote: "I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning."
I don't want to be a tree; I want to be its meaning. Orhan Pamuk
Paula Radcliffe quote: "In the marathon anything can happen."
In the marathon anything can happen. Paula Radcliffe
The most interesting thing about the idea of money is that it makes it possible to measure something in previous ages we couldn't be sure about, and that something is power. Daniel Keys Moran
JOCASTA: So clear in this case were the oracles, so clear and false. Give them no heed, I say; what God discovers need of, easilyhe shows to us himself. Sophocles
Coming and going I am leaving. I will go and come. Leaving has come to me. We all, shall all, will all be left. Because I am here and where. And I will go or not or never. And I have seen what I will see. If I am where I will be. Because nothing comes between me. Don DeLillo
Whatever life may really be, it is to us an abstraction: for the word is a generalised term to signify that which is common to all animals and plants, and which is not directly operative in the inorganic world. Oliver Joseph Lodge
Sylvia Day quote: "I'll catch you angel, i'll always catch you."
I'll catch you angel, i'll always catch you. Sylvia Day
Ovid quote: "Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness,..."
Our native soil draws all of us, by I know not what sweetness, and never allows us to forget. Ovid