What did Simone Weil mean by: We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light. - Simone Weil Philosopher · France Copy
+ The simultaneous existence of opposite virtues in the soul like pincers to catch hold of God. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Simone Weil, Opposites, Soul, Virtue, 0 - Simone Weil Philosopher · France
+ To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Simone Weil, Important, Soul, 0 - Simone Weil Philosopher · France
+ If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Simone Weil, Money, 0 - Simone Weil Philosopher · France
+ Everything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Simone Weil, Love, Radiance, 0 - Simone Weil Philosopher · France
+ Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Simone Weil, Art, Effort, 0 - Simone Weil Philosopher · France
+ I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Simone Weil, Forgiveness, Imagine, 0 - Simone Weil Philosopher · France
+ Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Simone Weil, Evil, Pain, Roots, 0 - Simone Weil Philosopher · France
+ We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Simone Weil, Attention, Faults, 0 - Simone Weil Philosopher · France
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
You can’t make an architect. But you can open the doors and windows toward the light as you see it. - Frank Lloyd Wright Architect · USA
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Good art, no matter how simple or casual-seeming, always carries a high density of choice. - Walter Darby Bannard Painter · USA
My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one’s taste for choosing. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
Every human being is a mixture of light and darkness, trust and fear, love and hate. - Jean Vanier Philosopher and theologian
