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“Joy is being fully aware of reality.”

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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“One must always be ready to change sides with justice, that fugitive from the winning camp.”

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“When literature becomes deliberately indifferent to the opposition of good and evil it betrays its function and forfeits all claim to excellence.”

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“Money destroys human roots wherever it is able to penetrate, by turning desire for gain into the sole motive. It easily manages to outweigh all other motives, because the effort it demands of the mind is so very much less. Nothing is so clear and so simple as a row of figures.”

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“Uprooting is by far the most dangerous of the ills of human society, for it perpetuates itself.”

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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.”

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“We possess nothing in the world - a mere chance can strip us of everything - except the power to say 'I.”

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Book:Gravity and Grace

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“the instruments of power - arms, gold, machines, magical or technical secrets - always exist independently of him who disposes of them, and can be taken up by others. Consequently all power is unstable.”

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Book:Oppression and Liberty

Source: Oppression and Liberty

“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

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

“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

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