Simone Weil
Simone Weil
Simone Weil; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and political activist...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth3 February 1909
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
spiritual reality attachment
Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
meditation desire awareness
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
future stuff made
The future is made of the same stuff as the present.
art works-of-art
The work of art which I do not make, none other will ever make.
art two effort
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
inspirational desire movement
No human being escapes the necessity of conceiving some good outside himself towards which his thought turns in a movement of desire, supplication, and hope.
running learning breathing
The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running.
imagination suffering facts
We have to endure the discordance between imagination and fact. It is better to say, “I am suffering,” than to say, “This landscape is ugly.
happiness fighting thinking
I think that it is useless to fight directly against natural weaknesses. One has to force oneself to act as though one did not have them in circumstances where a duty makes it imperative; and in the ordinary course of life one has to know these weaknesses, prudently take them into account, and strive to turn them to good purpose; for they are all capable of being put to some good purpose.
love fall soul
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.
mind language prison
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
art perfect works-of-art
A work of art has an author and yet, when it is perfect, it has something which is anonymous about it.
beautiful proof incarnation
The beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible.
relevant eternal
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.