black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Patriotism is idolatry of the self.

Simone 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 WEIL

Heaven Light Nature Root Sky Tree
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
SIMONE WEIL

Myself One Liner Patriot
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 WEIL

Hands Kindness Money Pain Reach Suffering
Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
SIMONE WEIL

Empty Fly Sin
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
SIMONE WEIL

Forgiveness Imagination Myself
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 WEIL

Goodness Heart Human Object World
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 WEIL

Citizenship Country Economics International Peace War
Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
SIMONE WEIL

Beautiful Love Origin Purity Radiance
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
SIMONE WEIL

Adversity Grace Religious Transformation Trouble
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
SIMONE WEIL

Beautiful Fortunate Sky
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
SIMONE WEIL

Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
SIMONE WEIL

Country Humility Myself Suffering
In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.
SIMONE WEIL

Angry Grief Production Struggle
There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
SIMONE WEIL

Beauty Heart Human Pain Wisdom
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 WEIL

God Love Ourselves Reason
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
SIMONE WEIL

Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking

Patriotism is idolatry of the self.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Patriotism is idolatry of the self.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Simone Weil Quotes