“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. -Simone Weil” — Louisa Thomsen Brits Copy Share Image
“Lo que caracteriza a un hombre superior es superar la cultura que ha recibido." Simone Weil. Carta a Jacques Lafitte” — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new,… — Mar Preston Copy Share Image
“When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose… — Ann McElhinney Copy Share Image
What Simone Weil said politics has meant all along, which means that you fight for 11 percent, 12 percent, 13 percent, that… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
I didn't find this memoir of these two eccentric people so different from doing my memoirs of De Sade or Simone Weil.… — Francine du Plessix Gray Copy Share Image
... Simone Weil is a mystery that should keep us all humble, and I need it more than most. Also she's the… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“the essence of sin is not [primarily] the violation of laws but a wrecked relationship with God, one another, and the whole… — Timothy J. Keller Copy Share Image
A beautiful woman, Simone Weil said, seeing herself in the mirror, knows "This is I." An ugly woman knows with equal certainty,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have used the word "attention," which I borrow from Simone Weil, to express the idea of a just and loving gaze… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“Simone Weil was absolutely right- beauty and affliction are the only two things that can pierce our hearts. Because this is so… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
“When one goes on to find "better", or "higher", or "truer", or "more enduring", or "more widely agreed upon" forms of beauty,… — Elaine Scarry Copy Share Image
“I want you to know, if you ever read this, there was a time when I would rather have had you by… — Maggie Nelson Copy Share Image
“When the hammer strikes a nail, the extreme force of the blow on the broad head is transmitted without loss to the… — George Oppen Copy Share Image
[Simone Weil's] life is almost a perfect blend of the Comic and the Terrible, which two things may be opposite sides of… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“We need to return from the self-centred concept of sincerity to the other-centred concept of truth. We are not isolated free choosers,… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
“Libraries are sanctuaries from the world and command centers onto it: here in the quiet rooms are the lives of Crazy Horse… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
One of the great weaknesses of the progressive, as distinct from the religious, mind, is that it has no awareness of truth… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
“I was trying to discover examples of a living restoration, trying to go beyond discussions about correct historic colors, materials, and techniques.… — Howard Mansfield Copy Share Image
“I hope I have now made it clear why I thought it best, in speaking of the dissonances between fiction and reality… — Frank Kermode Copy Share Image
“It has taken me much of my life to begin to get to the second gaze. By nature I have a critical… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
![“the essence of sin is not [primarily] the violation of laws but a wrecked relationship with God, one another, and the whole created order. “All sins are attempts to fill voids,” wrote Simone Weil.” quote by Timothy J. Keller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/timothy-j-keller-3733_relationship-with-go_the-essence-of-sin-is-not-primarily-the_1694853.jpg)
![“When the hammer strikes a nail, the extreme force of the blow on the broad head is transmitted without loss to the point. The head of the nail is the whole of eternity and the point of that nail is pressed to the center of the human heart. " [ quoting Simone Weil from memory ]” quote by George Oppen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/george-oppen-28841_human-heart_when-the-hammer-strikes-a-nail-the-extre_2864746.png)
![“[Simone Weil's] life is almost a perfect blend of the Comic and the Terrible, which two things may be opposite sides of the same coin. In my own experience, everything funny I have written is more terrible than it is funny, or only funny because it is terrible, or only terrible because it is funny.” quote by Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/flannery-o-connor-639_coins_simone-weil-s-life-is-almost-a-perfect-b_165781.png)
