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
sacred needs truth-is
The need for truth is more sacred than any other need.
emptiness sin
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
forgiveness imagine knows
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
heart world longing
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.
wish faults made
It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
appreciate flavor form
Religion is a form of nourishment. It is difficult to appreciate the flavor and food-value of something one has never eaten.
spiritual expectations waiting
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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.
people revolution opium
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
brother betrayal military
Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier of the battle lines, which is not so much our enemy as our brothers' enemy, but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves. No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always be to subordinate ourselves to this apparatus and to trample underfoot, in its service, all human values in ourselves and in others.
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.
running learning breathing
The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.