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Words carry weight, and Simone Weil's insight into wisdom is no exception. It serves as a gentle reminder that amidst the chaos of modern life, timeless wisdom still holds the power to guide our decisions and clarify our values.

About Simone Weil

Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, political activist and labourer. Despite her short life, her ideas concerning religion, spirituality and politics have remained widely influential in contemporary philosophy.

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"What a country calls its vital... interests are not things that help its people live, but things that help it make war."

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"We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him."

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"It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial."

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"It is a profound truth that serenity begins the moment you cease demanding that the external world conform — an essential principle for the reflective life."

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