black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

Simone Weil

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
SIMONE WEIL

Imagination Life Make Up Reality
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
SIMONE WEIL

Doubt Pain Trying
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
SIMONE WEIL

Empty Grace Inspirational Space
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
SIMONE WEIL

Goodness Truth Wisdom
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings.
SIMONE WEIL

Equality Expression Human Need Principle Recognition
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
SIMONE WEIL

Himself Lose Men Money
Never react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
SIMONE WEIL

Evil React Way
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
SIMONE WEIL

Beautiful Fortunate Sky
Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
SIMONE WEIL

Direction Distance Ourselves Sin Wrong
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
SIMONE WEIL

Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
SIMONE WEIL

Beautiful Believe Herself Image Ugly Woman
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
SIMONE WEIL

Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
SIMONE WEIL

Creation God Imagination Ourselves Place
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
SIMONE WEIL

Attention One Liner Prayer
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
SIMONE WEIL

People Religion Revolution
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
SIMONE WEIL

Beautiful Forever Nature

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Simone Weil Quotes