More from Simone Weil
When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
Simone WeilSimone Weil The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
Simone WeilSimone Weil It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
Simone WeilSimone Weil A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.
Simone WeilSimone Weil I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
Simone WeilSimone Weil For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Love is not consolation, it is light.
Simone WeilSimone Weil God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
Simone WeilSimone Weil The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
Simone WeilSimone Weil The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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
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In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt The irony is that he broke the only person he never wanted to hurt.
Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
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Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.
Bruce LeeBruce Lee Anger is better. There is a sense of being in anger. A reality and presence. An awareness of worth. It is a lovely surging.
Toni MorrisonToni Morrison You must be aware that the reward for labour, and quantity of labour, are quite disparate things.
Karl MarxKarl Marx On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.
Audrey HepburnAudrey Hepburn Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot.
Bruce LeeBruce Lee Observe what is with undivided awareness.
Bruce LeeBruce Lee Man struggles to find life outside himself, unaware that the life he is seeking is within him.
But there’s a lot of stuff going on in the world. Whether or not you’re aware of it, it’s happening.