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Quotes from Lectures on Philosophy — Simone Weil

1909–1943 France

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The first thing that we know about ourselves is our imperfection.

Lectures on Philosophy (1959)

Any madness in us gains from being expressed, because in this way one gives a human form to what separates us from humanity.

Lectures on Philosophy (1959)

I too have a growing inner certainty that there is a deposit of pure gold in me which ought to be passed on. The trouble is that I am more and more convinced by my experience and observation of my contemporaries that there is no one to receive it.

Lectures on Philosophy (1959)

We have seen that language is something precious because it allows us to express ourselves; but it is fatal when one allows oneself to be completely led astray by it, because then it prevents one from expressing oneself. Language is the source of the prejudices and haste which Descartes thought of as the sources of error.

Lectures on Philosophy (1959)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Simone Weil (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.