Quote by Simone Weil
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. – Simone Weil

Other quotes by Simone Weil

When a mans life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other mens actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him. – Simone Weil

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Hurt, Injury
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The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. – Simone Weil

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Faith
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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

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alone
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Bear shame and glory with an equal peace and an ever tranquil heart. – Bhagavad Gita

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Miscellaneous

Every man is the son of his own works. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Miscellaneous

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others. – Buddha

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Miscellaneous

A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere. – François VI de la Rochefoucault

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Miscellaneous

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Death

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Humorous