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Simone Weil quotes

French Philosopher February 3, 1909 – August 24, 1943

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Simone Weil quote: "Those who love a cause are those who love the life which has..."
Those who love a cause are those who love the life which has to be led in order to serve it. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal..."
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a..."
To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life. Simone Weil
Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection, there will be no opposition between interior solitude and friendship, quite the reverse. It is even by this infallible sigh that you will recognize it. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are..."
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "Electra weeping for the dead Orestes. If we love God while..."
Electra weeping for the dead Orestes. If we love God while thinking that he does not exist, he will manifest his existence. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing...."
Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such..."
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means..."
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, "What are you going through? Simone Weil
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder. Simone Weil
To give up our imaginary position as the center, to renounce it, not only intellectually but in the imaginative part of our soul, that means to awaken to what is real and eternal, to see the true light and hear the true silence. 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 us, in the guise of fiction, something equivalent to the actual density of the real, that density which life offers us every day but which we are unable to grasp because we are amusing ourselves with lies. Simone Weil
The national interest cannot be defined as a common interest of the industrial, commercial, and financial companies of a country, because there is no such common interest; nor can it be defined as the life, liberty, and well-being of the citizens, because they are continually being adjured to sacrifice their well-being, their liberty, and their lives to the national interest. In the end a study of modern history leads to the conclusion that the national interest of every State consists in its... Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "Every perfect life is a parable invented by God."
Every perfect life is a parable invented by God. Simone Weil
Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it. Simone Weil

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