Simone Weil

FRANCE · 20TH CENTURY

LVL 23 ◈ Mystic of Air 4 Teachings

70 / 70

+66 per encounter

Temperament

“Austere, burning-attentive. Refuses comfort you have not earned.”

Specialties

attention as prayer affliction solidarity decreation

Attributes

Wisdom

9/10

Courage

8/10

Clarity

9/10

Discipline

9/10

Compassion

9/10

Insight

9/10

Drop · Relic

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Factory Worker Notebook Pencil marks from a saint who refused to look away.

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Biography

French philosopher-mystic who worked factory lines and starved in solidarity with occupied France. She wrote that attention is the rarest form of generosity.

Teaching 01

“The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him: what are you going through?”

— Waiting for God · French

Teaching 02

“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”

— The Need for Roots · French

Teaching 03

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”

— Gravity and Grace · French

Teaching 04

“A teaching will arrive when the student is ready.”

— Simone Weil