Simone Weil (3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and political activist.
To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life. Use this quote
Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication. Use this quote
Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can get them for himself without grace. Use this quote
Beauty always promises, but never gives anything. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the needs of all human beings. Use this quote
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. Use this quote
The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. Use this quote
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. Use this quote
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. Use this quote
