#so

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs. ↗

— Simone Weil

#church #considered #degenerate #inevitably #into

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#brush #canvas #palette #producing #recording

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil. ↗

— Simone Weil

#becomes #diseases #hitherto #like #more

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul. ↗

— Simone Weil

#baseness #because #degree #grandeur #laws

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice. ↗

— Simone Weil

#hideous #justice #modern #modern society #more

We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful. ↗

— Simone Weil

#bits #bow #consciousness #even #heads

With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed. ↗

— Simone Weil

#anything #because #being #concluding #contrary

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#classic #effect #great #had #i

Sing the song or keep it inside. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#keep #sing #song

A lot of journalists like to suck up to celebrities, and then as soon as they're a safe distance away at their computers, they take shots. But that's the way society has become, especially in pop culture. ↗

— Scott Weiland

#become #celebrities #computers #culture #distance