Simone Weil

"To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul."

- Simone Weil

"The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running."

- Simone Weil

"Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose."

- Simone Weil

"The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know."

- Simone Weil

"A mind enclosed in language is in prison."

- Simone Weil

"The truth is, nobody really possesses it."

- Simone Weil

"The soul does not know whether anything real answers its love."

- Simone Weil

"Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge."

- Simone Weil