Quotes by Weil, Simone

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to hav >>

Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our life. >>

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works ne >>

Quotations about Dissatisfaction

A fierce unrest seethes at the core, of all existing things:, it was t >>

No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justi >>

There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, >>

If we are suffering illness, poverty, or misfortune, we think we shall be satisfied on the day it ceases. But there too, we know it is false; so soon as one has got used to not suffering one wants something else.

Weil, Simone