Quotes by Simone Weil

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At the very best, a mind enclosed in language is in prison. It is limited to the number of relations which words can mak — Simone Weil
We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering,” than to say, “Thi — Simone Weil
There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God. — Simone Weil
We have to believe in a God who is like the true God in everything except that he does not exist, since we have not reac — Simone Weil
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguis — Simone Weil
Men owe us what they imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt. — Simone Weil
Herein is a capital truth. It is not the natural capacity, the congenital gift, nor is it the effort, the will, the work — Simone Weil
Affliction compels us to recognize as real what we do not think possible. — Simone Weil
Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real g — Simone Weil
The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running. Where it is lacking there are no real stude — Simone Weil
Education -- whether its object be children or adults, individuals or an entire people, or even oneself -- consists in c — Simone Weil
Love is not consolation. It is light. — Simone Weil
If three steps are taken without any other motive than the desire to obey God, those three steps are miraculous; they ar — Simone Weil
There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius. They give u — Simone Weil
There is something in our soul that loathes true attention much more violently than flesh loathes fatigue. That somethin — Simone Weil
A mind enclosed in language is in prison. — Simone Weil
The sum of the particular intentions of God is the universe itself. — Simone Weil
With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do — Simone Weil
All sins are attempts to fill voids. — Simone Weil
One must always be prepared to switch sides with justice, that fugitive of the winning camp. — Simone Weil