Simone Weil Quote by Simone Weil

Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.

— 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…

— Simone Weil

One should identify oneself with the universe itself. Everything that is less than the universe is subjected to suffering.

— 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…

— 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…

— Simone Weil

The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.

— Simone Weil

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

— Simone Weil

To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight.

— 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…

— Simone Weil

The entire universe is nothing but a great metaphor.

— 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…

— Simone Weil

Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice.

— Simone Weil