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
god matter impossible
It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.
real lying giving
There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius. They give us, in the guise of fiction, something equivalent to the actual density of the real, that density which life offers us every day but which we are unable to grasp because we are amusing ourselves with lies.
giving evolution oppression
The whole evolution of present-day society tends to develop the various forms of bureaucratic oppression and to give them a sort of autonomy in regard to capitalism as such.
god forgiving crime
If we forgive God for his crime against us, which is to have made us finite creatures, He will forgive our crime against him, which is that we are finite creatures.
thank-you gratitude joy
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
science mind village
The villagers seldom leave the village; many scientists have limited and poorly cultivated minds apart from their specialty ...
religion essentials knows
The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary.
real civilization intellectual
The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
self-confidence people doubt
How many people have been thus led, through lack of self-confidence, to stifle their most justified doubts?
dream real joy
A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.
heaven steps crosses
We cannot take a step toward the heavens. God crosses the universe and comes to us.
reason should gods-love
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.
light choices plant
We are like plants that have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
fall thinking doe
It seemed to me certain, and I still think so today, that one can never wrestle enough with God if one does so out of pure regard for the truth. Christ likes us to prefer truth to him because, before being Christ, he is truth. If one turns aside from him to go toward the truth, one will not go far before falling into his arms.