“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”
— Simone Weil
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Imagination and fiction make up more than
“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”
— Simone Weil
Author: Simone Weil
Category: imagination
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As soon as men know that they
“As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.”
— Simone Weil
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The future is made of the same
“The future is made of the same stuff as the present.”
— Simone Weil
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Most works of art, like most wines,
“Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: art
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More than in any other performing arts
“More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.”
— Simone Weil
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Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions;
“Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: great
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To write the lives of the great
“To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves.”
— Simone Weil
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To get power over is to defile.
“To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: power
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An atheist may be simply one whose
“An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: faith
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The intelligent man who is proud of
“The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: intelligence
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