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Simone Weil Quotes on Mind

Simone Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. This page collects quotes attributed to Simone Weil on the topic of mind, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Simone Weil:

    “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”

  • Attributed to Simone Weil:

    “The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.”

  • Attributed to Simone Weil:

    “Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”

  • Attributed to Simone Weil:

    “To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”