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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
- “Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.”Simone Weil
- “The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.”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
Morality: more sayings
- “There are many who consider as an injury to themselves any conduct which they have a distaste for, and resent…”John Stuart Mill
- “Capitalism actually encourages morality because capitalism can't function well if people can't trust each oth…”Rick Santorum
- “It isn't the evil and indecent who are flung down into the depths, no! Oh, no! The evil and decisive fling do…”Andrzej Sapkowski
More Kindness quotes
- “I've begun to realize, as I'm getting older, that I was taught to go for a certain kind of stillness to get t…”Lizz Wright
- “I did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fictio…”Ethan Hawke
- “One nurse thought I was "brave." I think she was talking about my steely-eyed, grin-and-bear-it kind of attit…”M.E. Thomas
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Books by Simone Weil
Oppression et liberté
1978
The Simone Weil reader
1985