Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
SIMONE WEILLove: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
SIMONE WEILEverything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
SIMONE WEILI also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
SIMONE WEILTrue definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
SIMONE WEILWhat 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 WEILIf you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
SIMONE WEILPower is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
SIMONE WEILTruth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
SIMONE WEILDifficult 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 WEILCompassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
SIMONE WEILThe beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
SIMONE WEILOfficial history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
SIMONE WEILEvery sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
SIMONE WEILIf we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
SIMONE WEILImaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
SIMONE WEILThose who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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