#les

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest. ↗

— Simone Weil

#ecstasy #fullest #highest

The danger is not lest the soul should doubt whether there is any bread, but lest, by a lie, it should persuade itself that it is not hungry. ↗

— Simone Weil

#bread #danger #doubt #hungry #itself

There is no detachment where there is no pain. And there is no pain endured without hatred or lying unless detachment is present too. ↗

— Simone Weil

#endured #hatred #lying #pain #present

Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it. ↗

— Simone Weil

#does #first #force #intoxicates #man

Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office. ↗

— Allen Weinstein

#devotion #display #govern #independence #laws

My book sales make 'real writers' possible. ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#make #possible #real #sales #writers

The Archivist of the United States essentially works for the American people across partisan lines and not, regardless of which Administration nominates the person, for a particular President or political party. ↗

— Allen Weinstein

#administration #american #american people #archivist #essentially

A nation that has no music and no fairytales is a tragedy. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#music #nation #tragedy

Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them. ↗

— Chaim Weizmann

#miracles #occur #sometimes #terribly #them

To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died of hunger in a country that was like North Korea is today. Once we became part of global competition, we had to agree to some rules. It's painful, but we had to. Otherwise there was no way to survive. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#agree #became #china #competition #could