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
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“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
Original: L’attention est la forme la plus rare et la plus pure de la générosité . | From an April 13, 1942 letter to poet Joë Bousquet , published in their collected correspondence ( Correspondance [Lausanne: Editions l'Age d'Homme, 1982], p. 18). -
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.”
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Attributed to Simone Weil:
“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”
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Attributed to Simone Weil:
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”
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“Concern for the symbol has completely disappeared from our science . And yet, if one were to give oneself the trouble, one could easily find, in certain parts at least of contemporary mathematics... symbols as clear, as beautiful, and as full of spiritual meaning as that of the circle and mediation. From modern thought to ancient wisdom the path would be short and direct, if one cared to take it.”
The Need for Roots (1949), p. 292