Simone Weil Quotes About Greatness

Quotes about: Greatness

• The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.

  Simone Weil

  Lying, Greatness, Suffering

  Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.81, Psychology Press

• The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded upon the spirituality of work.

  Simone Weil

  Lying, Greatness, Civilization

  "The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind".

• There are only two sorts of greatness: true greatness, which is of a spiritual order, and the old, old lie of world conquest. Conquest is an ersatz greatness.

  Simone Weil

  Spiritual, Lying, Greatness

  Simone Weil (2003). “The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind”, p.94, Routledge

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