“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” ― Simone Weil “Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.” ― Simone Weil “All sins are attempts to fill voids.” ― Simone Weil “Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. ” ― Simone Weil “A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.” ― Simone Weil “Love is not…
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Simone Weil Quotes
“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” ― Simone Weil “Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.” ― Simone Weil “All sins are attempts to fill voids.” ― Simone Weil “Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. ” ― Simone Weil “A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.” ― Simone Weil “Love is not…
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Socrates Quotes
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates “By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.” – Socrates “I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.” – Socrates “Be as you wish to seem.” – Socrates “To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning…