What did Simone Weil mean by: The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary. Simone Weil Philosopher · France Copy
The work of art which I do not make, none other will ever make. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Creativity, Ownership, Uniqueness, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Communication, Eternal, Relevance, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Religion, Revolution, 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
The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Attention, Beauty, Reality, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Connection, Empathy, Existence, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Desires, Fulfillment, Self-discovery, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
There is an easiness in salvation which is more difficult to us than all our efforts. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Simone Weil, Easiness, Effort, Salvation, 0 Simone Weil Philosopher · France
Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy. Franz Werfel Novelist · Austria
Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
What a teacher needs to know about psychology “might almost be written on the palm of one’s hand.” William James Philosopher and psychologist · USA