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
lost-everything periods lost
You could not be born at a better period than the present, when we have lost everything.
nature sky roots
It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
science mind village
The villagers seldom leave the village; many scientists have limited and poorly cultivated minds apart from their specialty ...
prayer heart soul
prayer consists of attention. It is the orientation of all the attention of which the soul is capable towards God. The quality of the attention counts for much in the quality of the prayer. Warmth of heart cannot make up for it.
doe violence
Time does us violence; it is the only violence.
opposites soul virtue
The simultaneous existence of opposite virtues in the soul like pincers to catch hold of God.
religious heart son
Every time that a man has, with a pure heart, called upon Osiris, Dionysus, Buddha, the Tao, etc., the Son of God has answered him by sending the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit has acted upon his soul, not by inciting him to abandon his religious tradition, but by bestowing upon him light [-] It is, therefore, useless to send out missions to prevail upon the peoples of Asia, Africa or Oceania to enter the Church.
truth-is
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
time past crime
The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.
sacred needs truth-is
The need for truth is more sacred than any other need.
forgiveness imagine knows
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
science intellectual principles
Our science is like a store filled with the most subtle intellectual devices for solving the most complex problems, and yet we are almost incapable of applying the elementary principles of rational thought.
relevant eternal
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
nursing compassion listening
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.