Simone Weil Quotes

French - Philosopher | February 3, 1909 - August 24, 1943

To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.

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SoulImportantHumanNeedRooted

The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation.

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FaithRealityAffirmationMade

Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.

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RiseOppressionClearlyGiveRevolt

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.

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GodScienceWorthlessBringUsDoes

Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.

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LifeHistoryImaginationInfluence

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

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TruthTimeTruth IsLongLong Time

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.

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LifeImaginationThreeMoreRealUp

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

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AttentionFullestEcstasyHighest

In struggling against anguish one never produces serenity; the struggle against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

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StruggleSerenityNewNeverAgainst

What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war.

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LiveWarPeopleHelpCountryThings

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise.

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HellParadiseRealMustImaginary

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.

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LoveGodFaithAtheistMayWhose

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