“Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love and justice.”— Simone Weil, The Iliad or The Poem of Force, 1940-1941Share
“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
“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”— ConfuciusShare
“I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.”— Louisa May AlcottShare
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”— The Gospel of MatthewShare
“We cannot love unless we have accepted forgiveness, and the deeper our experience of forgiveness is, the greater is our love.”— Paul TillichShare
“I love those reformations that prevent revolutions, by keeping pace with the gradual progress of reason and knowledge.”— Horace WalpoleShare
“Love and what generates it. Rebellion and what creates it. Liberty and what nourishes it. Three manifestations of God.”— Khalil GibranShare
