The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real

Quote by Simone Weil

Topics: Poets Quotes

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the...

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the...

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be...

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be...

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves,...

The only hope of socialism resides in those who have already brought about in themselves,...

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of...

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of...

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.

Humility is attentive patience.

Humility is attentive patience.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Learn to reject friendship, or rather the dream of friendship. To want friendship is a...

Learn to reject friendship, or rather the dream of friendship. To want friendship is a...

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from...

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on...

I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on...

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of...

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of...

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent...

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent...

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are...

We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are...

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the...

In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the...

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.

A mind enclosed in language is in prison.