Quotes by Simone Weil

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…nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking creature.

Acceptance

Men

Thinking

[We are not] to take one step, even in the direction of what is good, beyond that to which we are irresistibly impelled by God, and this applies to action, word, and thought.

Action

Spirituality

Steps

A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.

Beautiful

Believe

Mirrors

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

Doctrine

Fake People

Purpose

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

Kindness

Mean People

Optimistic

A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.

Country

Men

Thinking

A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again

Hate

Men

Wall

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

Language

Mind

Prison

A modern factory reaches perhaps almost the limit of horror. Everybody in it is constantly harassed and kept on edge by the interference of extraneous wills while the soul is left in cold desolate misery. What man needs is silence and warmth; what he is given is an icy pandemonium. Physical labor may be painful, but it is not degrading as such. It is not art; it is not science; it is something else, possessing an exactly equal value with art and science, for it provides an equal opportunity to reach the impersonal stage of attention.

Art

Men

Opportunity

A Pharisee is someone who is virtuous out of obedience to the Great Beast.

Beast

Obedience

Pharisees

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Aliens

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Art Is

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Atheist

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Beast

Beautiful

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Becoming

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Believe

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Quotes by Simone Weil

Simone Weil

…nothing on earth can stop man from feeling himself born for liberty. Never, whatever may happen, can he accept servitude; for he is a thinking creature.

[We are not] to take one step, even in the direction of what is good, beyond that to which we are irresistibly impelled by God, and this applies to action, word, and thought.

A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.

A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.

A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

A Pharisee is someone who is virtuous out of obedience to the Great Beast.

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