"The same suffering is much harder to bear for a high motive than for a base one. The people [during World War II] who stood motionless, from one to eight in the morning, for the sake of having an egg, would have found it very difficult to do in order to save a human life."

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About Simone Weil

Simone Weil was a French philosopher, political thinker, and mystic known for work on ethics, labor, and spirituality. Her writings include Gravity and Grace and The Need for Roots.

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