Simone Weil on people
Simone Weil82 quotes“It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.”
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
Simone WeilSimone Weil 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.
Simone WeilSimone Weil 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.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
Simone WeilSimone Weil To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
Simone WeilSimone Weil In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
Simone WeilSimone Weil It is not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
Simone WeilSimone Weil We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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