Simone Weil Quotes & Sayings
79 most famous Simone Weil quotes and sayings (philosopher). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”
“Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.”
“As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.”
“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”
“In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.”
“I can, therefore I am.”
“The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.”
“The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.”
“A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.”
“Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.”
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