“Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).”— Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace, 1947Share
“The development of the faculty of attention forms the real object and almost the sole interest of studies.”— Simone WeilShare
“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.”— Simone WeilShare
“But thus do I counsel you, my friends: distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful!”— Friedrich NietzscheShare
“You know my friends, there comes a time when people get tired of being trampled by the iron feet of oppression.”— Martin Luther King Jr.Share
“Never apologize for showing feeling, my friend. Remember that when you do so, you apologize for truth.”— Benjamin DisraeliShare
“Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.”— W. H. AudenShare