The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.
More Quotes from Simone Weil:
I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.Simone Weil
To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves.
Simone Weil
The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.
Simone Weil
With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.
Simone Weil
Why is it that reality, when set down untransposed in a book, sounds false
Simone Weil
A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again
Simone Weil
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Doubt & Skepticism Quotes, Medicine & Medical QuotesBased on Keywords: alcoholism, tuberculosis, virulent
I'm not anti-American. I've lived with Kenny, a Texan, for six years.
George Michael
Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives.
Jesse Eisenberg
I like a man who can be a real friend, has a good sense of humor, a good pair of shoes and a healthy gold card.
Victoria Beckham