By Simone Weil
"The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say to him: 'What are you going through?' It is a recognition that the sufferer exists... as a man, exactly like us"
Somewhat intuitively and intentionally, I've been learning about philosophies and philosophers who advocate that discovering the truth, is our primary obligation to others. The first step on that journey is to pay attention to reality, the our problems and to others.
The chief enemy of excellence is personal fantasy. Free your self from being a slave to your reactions. Stay away from the desire to fix, help or set people straight until you deeply know the truth, until you are invited.
Many of these readings point back to Weils and her essay on attention. It was good to go back to the source.
Weils deeply believed in God, though she declined to join a church. I need to reread that at some point.
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