Simone Weil
It is to the prodigals...that the memory of their Father's house comes back. If the son had lived economically he would never have thought of returning.
— Simone Weil
Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.
— Simone Weil
Love is not consolation. It is light.
— Simone Weil
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
— Simone Weil
Men owe us what they imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt.
— Simone Weil
More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.
— Simone Weil
One must always be prepared to switch sides with justice, that fugitive of the winning camp.
— Simone Weil
The future is made of the same stuff as the present.
— Simone Weil
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
— Simone Weil
The joy of learning is as indispensable in study as breathing is in running. Where it is lacking there are no real students, but only poor caricatures of apprentices who, at the end of their apprenticeship, will not even have a trade.
— Simone Weil
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