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Quotes by Simone Weil

Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention. 

Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
 
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It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.

Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
Source: vare2.com Daily Action Newsletter
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Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.

Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
 
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Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it.

Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
 
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The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like a condemned man who is proud of his large cell.  

Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
Source: From the essay Human Personality
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The work of art which I do not make, none other will ever make it.

Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
 
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Sin is nothing else but the failure to recognize human wretchedness.

Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
Source: Gravity and Grace
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What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is much more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.

Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
Source: The Need for Roots (1949)
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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.

Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
Source: Gravity and Grace
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If we go down into ourselves we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

Simone Weil (1909 - 1943)
 
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