
“The miser deprives himself of his treasure because of his desire for it.”
Source: Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), Detachment (1947), p. 260
The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831), Part I: The Talisman
Context: Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser’s gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyments have been intellectual joys.
La pensée est la clef de tous les trésors, elle procure les joies de l'avare sans donner ses soucis. Aussi ai-je plané sur le monde, où mes plaisirs ont toujours été des jouissances intellectuelles.
The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831), Part I: The Talisman
“The miser deprives himself of his treasure because of his desire for it.”
Source: Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986), Detachment (1947), p. 260
Reported as false in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 9-10. Falsely attributed to Brezhnev as having been said in a secret Warsaw Pact meeting in either 1968 or 1973.
Misattributed
“To have nought
Is to have all things without care or thought!”
Legem Tuam Dilexi, p. 47.
The Unknown Eros and Other Poems (1877)
Source: Character of the Happy Warrior http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww302.html (1806), Line 12.
“It is our own thoughts that hold the key to miraculous transformation.”
Source: Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness And Making Miracles
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 270