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“Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.”

Quote by Simone Weil

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Simone Weil was a French philosopher, social activist, and writer. Born on February 3, 1909, and died on August 24, 1943, Weil is known for her profound philosophical thinking and her passionate commitment to social justice. Her works have had a significant impact on later philosophers and social thinkers. more

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“Our science is like a store filled with the most subtle intellectual devices for solving the most complex problems, and yet we are almost incapable of applying the elementary principles of rational thought.”

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Book:Selected Essays, 1934-1943: Historical, Political, and Moral Writings

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“Christians ought to suspect that affliction is the very essence of creation. To be a created thing is not necessarily to be afflicted, but it is necessarily to be exposed to affliction. ... Affliction is the surest sign that God wishes to be loved by us; it is the most precious evidence of His tenderness.”

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Book:Waiting for God: Translated by Emma Craufurd ; With an Introd. by Leslie A. Fiedler

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“The villagers seldom leave the village; many scientists have limited and poorly cultivated minds apart from their specialty.”

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Author:Simone Weil

“science has now been for a long time - and to an ever-increasing extent - a collective enterprise. Actually, new results are always, in fact, the work of specific individuals; but, save perhaps for rare exceptions, the value of any result depends on such a complex set of interrelations with past discoveries and possible future researches that even the mind of the inventor cannot embrace the whole.”

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Book:The Simone Weil Reader

Source: The Simone Weil Reader