Simone Weil1909–1943The quotations of
Simone Weil
French philosopher, writer, and social activist
1909–1943
22 quotes, most often on Atheism, Religion and Truth & Lies.
- The Power of Words (1937), p. 233
If a captive mind is unaware of being in prison, it is living in error.
Human Personality (1943), p. 69Men of the most brilliant intelligence can be born, live and die in error and falsehood.
Human Personality (1943), p. 69- Gravity and Grace (1947), p. 142 (1972 edition)
- Gravity and Grace (1947), p. 129 (1972 edition)
- “The Responsibility of Writers”, in On Science, Necessity, and the Love of God (1968), p. 168
What man needs is silence and warmth; what he is given is an icy pandemonium.
“Human Personality” (1943), in Simone Weil: An Anthology (1986), p. 59
