Simone Weil — French Philosopher born on February 03, 1909, died on August 24, 1943

Simone Weil was a French philosopher, Christian mystic, and political activist... (wikipedia)

Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be attained only by someone who is detached.
For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends are far apart there is no separation.
Humility is attentive patience.
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.