Maxioms by Simone Weil
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.
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.
A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. read more
A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.
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
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know read more
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him. - Waiting for God.
