Simone Weil
“The intelligence can only be led by desire.”
“We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.”
“Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached.”
“Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it.”
“Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.”
“The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say: “What are you going through?””
“Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.”
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”
“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”