The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest. ✨ Simone Weil (20…

Simone Weil
201 citations
The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest. ✨ Simone Weil (2013). The Notebooks of Simone Weil, p.515, Routledge
Reading
12

More Author Quotes

Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice. ✨ Simone Weil (2005). War and the Iliad, New York Review of Books
Two forces rule the universe: light and gravity. ✨ Simone Weil (2002). Gravity and Grace, p.1, Psychology Press
To claim that theft or adultery or lying are evil simply reflects our degraded idea of good-—that it has something to do with respect for property, respectability, and sincerity.
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. ✨ Simone Weil (2002). Gravity and Grace, p.56, Psychology Press
Algebra and money are essentially levelers; the first intellectually, the second effectively. ✨ Simone Weil (1952). Gravity and Grace, p.209, U of Nebraska Press

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest. ✨ Simone Weil (2013). The Notebooks of Simone Weil, p.515, Routledge

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes