Simone Weil on friendship
Simone Weil82 quotes“The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?”
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The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Simone WeilSimone Weil We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
Simone WeilSimone Weil A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
Simone WeilSimone Weil It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
Simone WeilSimone Weil 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.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
Simone WeilSimone Weil It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.
Simone WeilSimone Weil The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Simone WeilSimone Weil War is the supreme form of prestige.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
Simone WeilSimone Weil God’s love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God’s love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.
Simone WeilSimone Weil An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Melissa AndersonMelissa Anderson Maybe if you hold me tight, our love won’t be as shallow.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi Sometimes a person is in peace & in the piece at the same time.
Jessica CollinsJessica Collins Between day and night there was a moment of silence.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland But doesn’t it hurt to feel so much and pretend not to?
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Admire your sweet way of glowing; your passionate way of flowing.
Ana SoulfulAna Soulful Darling, you are a warrior, for even though each day feels like a battle, you keep fighting and live on.
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Wherever you have friends that’s your country, and wherever you receive love, that’s your home.
Dalai LamaDalai Lama When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.
Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.
Les BrownLes Brown Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton Words are a pretext. It is the inner bond that draws one person to another, not words.
RumiRumi If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.
Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.
Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.
Oscar WildeOscar Wilde