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About Simone Weil
French philosopher, mystic, political activist and labourer
Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, political activist, and labourer. She is remembered for a body of thought that continued to shape contemporary philosophy after her short life ended. Her writing and thinking centered on religion, spirituality, and politics. Those themes gave her work a lasting reach, especially among readers drawn to serious moral and political reflection.
More from Simone Weil (108 quotes) →Other sayings from Simone Weil
- “He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence.”Simone Weil
- “Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is bor…”Simone Weil
- “It is not the cause for which men took up arms that makes a victory more just or less, it is the order that i…”Simone Weil
- “Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”Simone Weil
Explore Science
- “Adolf Hitler! Ken, it makes me furious. Forty million people die to defeat that megalomaniac, and he's the st…”Carl Sagan
- “science fiction is not about the future but about the possibilities inherent in the present.”Judith B. Kerman
- “Since then I’ve come to believe you don’t always have to use things you love, and it’s not always so practica…”Barbara Sher
Explore God
- “I had a lot of those fake friends. You just have to realize it's happening. You can't get caught up in the 'O…”Grace VanderWaal
- “God doesn't ask us to understand, but He does ask us to trust.”Kristen McNulty
- “The soul does not condemn us. It is not the God of our fathers. Soul is the essence of existence and it is fr…”Robert S. Cosmar
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985