Maxioms by Simone Weil
Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life
Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who read more
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.
Those who are unhappy have no need for anythingin this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
Those who are unhappy have no need for anythingin this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
