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title: "2 Barren Quotes By Simone Weil"
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> [If we concentrate our attention on trying to solve a problem of geometry, and if at the end of an hour we are no nearer to doing so than at the beginning, we have nevertheless been making progress each minute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/if-we-concentrate-our-attention-on-trying-to-solve-a-problem-of/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

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> [Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/imaginary-evil-is-romantic-and-varied-real-evil-is-gloomy-monotonous/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

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## Other authors on Barren

## More by Simone Weil

> [Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/oppression-that-is-clearly-inexorable-and-invincible-does-not-give/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/at-the-centre-of-the-human-heart-is-the-longing-for-an-absolute-good/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [One should identify oneself with the universe itself. Everything that is less than the universe is subjected to suffering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/one-should-identify-oneself-with-the-universe-itself-everything-that/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by displaying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/in-a-general-way-the-literature-of-the-twentieth-century-is/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/what-a-country-calls-its-vital-economic-interests-are-not-the-things/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/the-intelligent-man-who-is-proud-of-his-intelligence-is-like-the/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/the-highest-ecstasy-is-the-attention-at-its-fullest/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/to-be-innocent-is-to-bear-the-weight-of-the-entire-universe-it-is-to/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/equality-is-the-public-recognition-effectively-expressed-in/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [The entire universe is nothing but a great metaphor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/the-entire-universe-is-nothing-but-a-great-metaphor/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/a-beautiful-woman-looking-at-her-image-in-the-mirror-may-very-well/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/only-he-who-has-measured-the-dominion-of-force-and-knows-how-not-to/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/every-time-that-i-think-of-the-crucifixion-of-christ-i-commit-the-sin/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [A Pharisee is someone who is virtuous out of obedience to the Great Beast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/a-pharisee-is-someone-who-is-virtuous-out-of-obedience-to-the-great/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

> [Joy is being fully aware of reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-weil/joy-is-being-fully-aware-of-reality/)

[Simone Weil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-weil/)

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