Quotes by Weil, Simone

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its >>

The proper method of philosophy consists in clearly conceiving the ins >>

What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things w >>

Quotations about Purity

Purity is the power to contemplate defilement. >>

We are not naïve enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men wh >>

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, >>

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

Weil, Simone