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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) →More quotes by Simone Weil
- “Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it c…”Simone Weil
- “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”Simone Weil
- “If three steps are taken without any other motive than the desire to obey God, those three steps are miraculo…”Simone Weil
- “Culture is an instrument wielded by teachers to manufacture teachers, who, in their turn, will manufacture st…”Simone Weil
Spirituality: more sayings
- “Everything is in flamenco. Spirituality, loyalty, humility, valor.”Rosalia
- “The great mission of our day is not conquering the sea or space, disease or tyranny. The grand quest which ca…”Jacob Nordby
- “The gaps are the thing. The gaps are the spirit's one home, the altitudes and latitudes so dazzlingly spare a…”Annie Dillard
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985