Simone Weil Quotes
Friendship is a miracle by which a person consents to view from a certain distance, without coming any nearer, the very being who is as necessary to him as food.
Topics
Independence
Intimacy
Interdependence
Distance
Mutual Understanding
Necessity
Views
Friendship
Closeness
Cherished Friendship
Deep Connection
Emotional Bond
Emotional Needs
Empathetic Connection
Human Connection
Interpersonal Connection
Necessary Being
Supportive Relationship
meaningful companionship
Citations
Weil, Simone. Waiting for God. Translated by Emma Craufurd, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1951, p. 207.
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Simone Adolphine Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. The mathematician André Weil was her brother.