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
order evil desire
If someone does me injury I must desire that this injury shall not degrade me. I must desire this out of love for him who inflicts it, in order that he may not really have done evil.
innocence ifs
What hope is there for innocence if it is not recognized?
truth desire impossible
It is impossible that the whole of truth should not be present at every time and every place, available for anyone who desires it.
steps action spirituality
[We are not] to take one step, even in the direction of what is good, beyond that to which we are irresistibly impelled by God, and this applies to action, word, and thought.
caves
one is never got out of the cave, one comes out of it.
loss light suggestions
A well ordered society would be one where the State only had a negative action, comparable to that of a rudder: a light pressure at the right moment to counteract the first suggestion of any loss of equilibrium.
peace war wheat
Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.
truth dwelling long
The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.
bears weight innocent
To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight.
divine-wisdom secret misery
It is human misery and not pleasure which contains the secret of the divine wisdom.
veils
Necessity is God's veil.
trying attention faults
We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will.
firsts indirect method
Only an indirect method is effective. We do nothing if we have not first drawn back.
teaching should-have training
The authentic and pure values, truth, beauty, and goodness, in the activity of a human being are the result of one and the same act, a certain application of the full attention to the object. Teaching should have no aim but to prepare, by training the attention, for the possibility of such an act. All the other advantages of instruction are without interest.