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
doe charity humans
Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.
waiting precious-gifts
We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.
pain roots evil
Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.
attention awareness ecstasy
The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.
science doe worthless
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
beauty pretty-girl giving
Beauty always promises, but never gives anything.
god matter impossible
It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.
mind language prison
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
heart evil done
At the bottom of the heart of every human being, from earliest infancy until the tomb, there is something that goes on indomitably expecting, in the teeth of all experience of crimes committed, suffered, and witnessed, that good and not evil will be done
doubt trying tyranny
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt , there is tyranny .
love-is abdication command
Love consents to all and commands only those who consent. Love is abdication. God is abdication.
heaven steps crosses
We cannot take a step toward the heavens. God crosses the universe and comes to us.
truth errors truth-is
Truth is one, but error is manifold.
stress writing biographies
To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves.