If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
~ Simone Weil
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
~ Simone Weil
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The law will never make men free; it is men who have got to make the law free.
~ Henry David Thoreau
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
~ Simone Weil
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It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?
~ Henry David Thoreau
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Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
~ Simone Weil
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Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.
~ Henry David Thoreau
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Love is not consolation. It is light.
~ Simone Weil
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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
~ Henry David Thoreau
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A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
~ Simone Weil
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Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.
~ Henry David Thoreau
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