Simone Weil quotes with context

Simone Weil (1909 to 1943) was a philosopher, teacher and political activist. To understand workers’ lives she worked in Paris factories herself in 1934 and 1935. Much of her notebooks, published after her death as “Gravity and Grace”, circles around attention.

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True attention is a form of love.
Mindfulness
From the explanation
Attention is a quiet form of closeness. When we truly listen to someone, we give them more than our time; for a moment, we allow their experience to matter more than our own response. In that space, something can become visible that would easily remain hidden in a hurried exchange.
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6 quotes by Simone Weil

Mindfulness 2

Whoever truly listens gives the most precious gift.
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

Gratitude 2

A person who asks how you are and truly listens is rare.
A person who truly listens is rarer than one who talks.

Focus 1

Not the quantity of work, but the quality of attention decides.

About Simone Weil

From “About Simone Weil”

Simone Weil was born in 1909 in Paris. Her parents came from Jewish families but lived secular, agnostic lives. Her father Bernard was a doctor; her mother Salomea was an educated and energetic companion to her children. Religious Jewish practice was barely present in her childhood, while antisemitism as an external threat certainly was.

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