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In solitude we are in the presence of mere matter (even the sky, the stars, the moon, trees in blossom), things of less value (perhaps) than a human spirit. Its value lies in the greater possibility of attention. If we could be attentive to the same degree in the presence of a human being.
SIMONE WEIL, Gravity and Grace
In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
SIMONE WEIL, Gravity and Grace
It would seem that man was born a slave, and that slavery is his natural condition. At the same time nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking creature.
SIMONE WEIL, Oppression and Liberty
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