Simone Weil on people
Simone Weil82 quotes“It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.”
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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.
Simone WeilSimone Weil What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.
Simone WeilSimone Weil It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
Simone WeilSimone Weil We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
Simone WeilSimone Weil To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
Simone WeilSimone Weil It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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