Full Idea
Love of truth is always accompanied by humility, and real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.
Gist of Idea
Genius and love of truth are always accompanied by great humility
Source
Simone Weil (Human Personality [1943], p.87)
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'An Anthology' [Penguin 1986], p.87
A Reaction
A striking and attractive thought, true of all the lovers of truth I have ever encountered. Socrates is the role model. She likens truth to an inarticulate plaintiff stammering before a judge who fluently manipulates opinions.