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
prayer attention
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
faith-in-god injustice victim
To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
soul important needs
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
suffering chance hunger
It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.
imagine christ easier
It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
color race needs
The needs of a human being are sacred. Their satisfaction cannot be subordinated either to reasons of state, or to any consideration of money, nationality, race, or color, or to the moral or other value attributed to the human being in question, or to any consideration whatsoever.
kindness optimistic mean-people
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
country peace war
What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war.
environmental world matter
The beauty of the world is Christ's tender smile for us coming through matter.
thank-you gratitude joy
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
grace void form
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
order two humanity
The payment of debts is necessary for social order. The non-payment is quite equally necessary for social order. For centuries humanity has oscillated, serenely unaware, between these two contradictory necessities.
time would-be world
In this world we live in a mixture of time and eternity. Hell would be pure time.
patience humility humble
Humility is attentive patience.