“The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: work
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To want friendship is a great fault.
“To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: great
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I can, therefore I am.
“I can, therefore I am.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: motivational
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Evil, when we are in its power,
“Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: power
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In the intellectual order, the virtue of
“In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: power
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Imagination is always the fabric of social
“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.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: imagination
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Evil being the root of mystery, pain
“Evil being the root of mystery, pain is the root of knowledge.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: knowledge
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Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with
“Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: communication
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If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his
“If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: future
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There is one, and only one, thing
“There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: society
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A test of what is real is
“A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.”
— Simone Weil
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Category: dreams
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