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
grace void form
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
light faults inability
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
money men want
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
crush sides oppression
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.
beautiful eternity mark
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
life love-is light
Love is not consolation, it is light.
army sovereign states
Armies under the control of ... a sovereign State cannot bring freedom to anyone.
christian children civilization
We do injury to a child if we bring it up in a narrow Christianity, which prevents it from ever becoming capable of perceiving that there are treasures of purest gold to be found in non-Christian civilizations. Laical education does an even greater injury to children. It covers up those treasures, and those of Christianity as well.
pain mean space
When we hit a nail with a hammer the whole of the shock received by the large head of the nail passes into a point without any of it being lost, although it is only a point. If the hammer and head of the nail were infinitely big, if would be just the same; the point of the nail would transmit this infinite shock at the point to which it was applied. Extreme affliction, which means physical pain, distress of the soul, and social degradation all at the same time, is a nail whose point is applied at the very center of the soul, whose head is all necessity, spreading throughout space and time
silence cry indifferent
Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
equality men thinking
Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace.
environmental world matter
The beauty of the world is Christ's tender smile for us coming through matter.
beautiful eye sea
The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
spiritual expectations waiting
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.