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“The miser deprives himself of his treasure because of his desire for it.”

Quote by Simone Weil

Book:Gravity and Grace

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Gravity and Grace

This book delves into the profound interplay between the physical force of gravity and the spiritual force of grace, examining their influence on human life and the cosmos. It explores the ways in which these forces shape our understanding of the world and our place within it. more

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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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Book:Letter to a Priest

Source: Letter to a Priest

“Every time that a man has, with a pure heart, called upon Osiris, Dionysus, Buddha, the Tao, etc., the Son of God has answered him by sending the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit has acted upon his soul, not by inciting him to abandon his religious tradition, but by bestowing upon him light. It is, therefore, useless to send out missions to prevail upon the peoples of Asia, Africa or Oceania to enter the Church.”

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Author:Simone Weil

“School children and students who love God should never say: "For my part I like mathematics"; "I like French"; "I like Greek." They should learn to like all these subjects, because all of them develop that faculty of attention which, directed toward God, is the very substance of prayer.”

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Book:The Simone Weil Reader

Source: The Simone Weil Reader

“The soul is the human being considered as having a value in itself.”

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Book:Gravity and Grace

Source: Gravity and Grace

“The simultaneous existence of opposite virtues in the soul like pincers to catch hold of God.”

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Book:Gravity and Grace

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“The recognition of human wretchedness is difficult for whoever is rich and powerful because he is almost invincibly led to believe that he is something. It is equally difficult for the man in miserable circumstances because he is almost invincibly led to believe that the rich and powerful man is something.”

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Book:Gravity and Grace

Source: Gravity and Grace

“During the last quarter of a century all the authority associated with the function of spiritual guidance ... has seeped down into the lowest publications. ... Between a poem by Valéry and an advertisement for a beauty cream promising a rich marriage to anyone who used it there was at no point a breach of continuity. So as a result of literature's spiritual usurpation a beauty cream advertisement possessed, in the eyes of little village girls, the authority that was formerly attached to the words of priests.”

“The word 'revolution' is a word for which you kill, for which you die, for which you send the labouring masses to their deaths; but which does not contain any content.”

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Book:Oppression and Liberty

Source: Oppression and Liberty

“A book has to be easy to open and you don't have to be a bodybuilder to lift it. I like books I can read in bed. Those big tombstones would kill me.”

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Author:Karl Lagerfeld

“I hated the company of other children. I wanted to be a grownup person, to be taken seriously. I hated the idea of childhood; I thought it was a moment of endless stupidity.”

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