Simone Weil Moral poverty and economy To be able to hurt others with impunity—for instance to pass our anger on to an inferior who is obliged to be silent—is to spare ourselves from an expenditure of energy, an expenditure which the other person will have to make. It
Simone Weil Evil in real life is actually boring Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is actually gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating. — Simone Weil