Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication. – Simone Weil
To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life. – Simone Weil
We can only know one thing about God – that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. – Simone Weil
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. – Simone Weil
Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life. – Simone Weil
Beauty always promises, but never gives anything. – Simone Weil
