"Every perfect life is a parable invented by God." — Simone Weil

A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.