Simone Weil Quotes

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.

Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man.

The good is the beautiful.

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody.

If you look after truth and goodness, beauty looks after herself.

Never be afraid of What is good; the good is always the road to what is true.

Truth is more praiseworthy than power.

Wherever you be, wherever you may, seek the truth, strive for the beautiful, achieve the good.

Truth is one species of good, and not, as is usually supposed, a category distinct from good, and co-ordinate with it

If you look after goodness and truth, beauty will take care of itself.

If fun is good, truth is still better, and love best of all.

Truth ... is the sovereign good of human nature.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

A good man, is a good man, whether in this church, or out of it.

The eternal conflict of good and the best with bad and the worst is on.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad.

It seems to me that if God calls us to anything it's to a life of integrity.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

What is beautiful is good, and who is good will soon be beautiful.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

There is a moral dimension, for me, in anything that's any good.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good.