Affliction Quote by Simone Weil Download Open image “There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.” — Simone Weil ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Affliction Beauty Heart Human heart Humans Pierce Two Two things
When the heart is pierced, there is pain, yes, but also an invitation to a greater becoming. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
A wound of the heart is different from a flesh wound. Unlike a flesh wound, there are no ointments to heal it, and there… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have two hearts: Heart is pulsating with blood And heart is pulsating with love to only for you.. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Flesh wounds bleed, and they may seem painful but as times goes by, the pain eventually disappears and if you use medicine, the wounds… — Naruto 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 true, we… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
If someone gives their heart to you guard it and cherish it like the world's greatest treasure, because that person has only one heart… — Anas Copy Share Image
The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive — Ritu Ghatourey 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
I don't feel insecure about any of this work anymore. Maybe I don't have what I had when I was younger. I'm not really… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
Every man will have his own criterion in forming his judgment of others. I depend very much on the effect of affliction. I consider… — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy. — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Henceforth, I'll bear Affliction till it do cry out itself, 'Enough, enough, and die. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Aimee Parkison offers a distinct new voice to contemporary fiction. Her seductive stories explore childhood as a realm of sorrows, and reveal the afflictions… — Carol Anshaw Copy Share Image
May I strike my heart's keys clearly, and may none fail because of slack, uncertain, or fraying strings. May the tears that stream down… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Afflictions make the heart more deep, more experimental, more knowing and profound, and so, more able to hold, to contain, and beat more. — John Bunyan Copy Share Image