Simone Weil
Simone Weil
Simone Weil; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and political activist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth3 February 1909
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
powerful years light
Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.
order causes
Those who love a cause are those who love the life which has to be led in order to serve it.
spiritual reality attachment
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
meditation desire awareness
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
future stuff made
The future is made of the same stuff as the present.
fire challenges
Fire destroys that which feeds it.
inspirational desire movement
No human being escapes the necessity of conceiving some good outside himself towards which his thought turns in a movement of desire, supplication, and hope.
running learning breathing
The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.
imagination suffering facts
We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering,” than to say, “This landscape is ugly.
mind language prison
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
relevant eternal
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
love-is abdication command
Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication.
beauty pretty-girl giving
Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.
pain world degrees
On reaching a certain degree of pain we lose the world.