Apprehension Quote by Simone Weil Download Open image “The apprehension of necessity is an imitation of creation.” — Simone Weil ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Apprehension Creation Imitation
Necessity, they say, is mother of invention, but fear, too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
“Apprehension regarding how or where to start is a state of fear that we impose upon ourselves.” — Damon Zahariades Copy Share Image
Necessity is the most powerful divinity the world knows, and necessity is the resultant of physical forces set in operation by ethical forces. — Jose Rizal Copy Share Image
“[48] - 4 Dispelling fear but knowledge be, Replacing our doubts completely, Nothing need be feared undoubtedly, But must be comprehended absolutely. [49] - 4” — Munindra (Munnan) Misra Copy Share Image
Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
One should identify oneself with the universe itself. Everything that is less than the universe is subjected to suffering. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Marriages are always moving from one season to another. Sometimes we find ourselves in winter--discouraged, detached, and dissatisfied; other times we experience springtime, with… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Perhapsthemost sublimeinsights oftheJewishprophets and the Christian gospel is the knowledge that since perfection is love, the apprehension of perfection is at once the means… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
At length weariness succeeds to labor, and the mind lies at ease in the contemplation of her own attainments without any desire of new… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
LIFE, n. A spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay. We live in daily apprehension of its loss; yet when lost it is not… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Man may feel like a feeble and powerless pawn, at some moment in his life. This apprehension can come out of the blue, in… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
We stand for organized terror - this should be frankly admitted. Terror is an absolute necessity during times of revolution. Our aim is to… — Felix Dzerzhinsky Copy Share Image
The regulation of commerce, it is true, is a new power; but that seems to be an addition which few oppose and from which… — James Madison Copy Share Image
As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that… — Solomon Ortiz Copy Share Image
Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Since philosophy is the exploration of the rational, it is for that very reason the apprehension of the present and the actual, not the… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Copy Share Image
Injustice is not evil in itself, but only in the fear and apprehension that one will not escape those who have been set up… — Epicurus Copy Share Image