What did Simone Weil mean by: It is human misery and not pleasure which contains the secret of the divine wisdom. Simone Weil Philosopher · France Copy
Attachment is a manufacturer of illusion and whoever wants reality ought to be detached. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Detachment, Illusion, Reality, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
The feeding of those that are hungry is a form of contemplation. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Altruism, Compassion, Empathy, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Deception, Manipulation, Morality, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
You could not be born at a better period than the present, when we have lost everything. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Hopelessness, Nihilism, Optimism, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
+ Men owe us what we imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt. Read explanation Author, January 3, 2024January 2, 2025, Simone Weil, Expectations, Forgiveness, Relationships, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
We cannot take a step toward the heavens. God crosses the universe and comes to us. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Connection, Faith, Transcendence, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Oppression, Revolt, Submission, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Fiction, Imagination, Reality, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We wish to constitute all the happiness, or, if that cannot be, the misery of the one we love. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
