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Full Idea
Our character appears to us as a limit by which we do not want to be imprisoned, …but also as a support that we want to believe is unshakable.
Gist of Idea
We see our character as a restricting limit, but also as an unshakable support
Source
Simone Weil (On the Concept of Character [1941], p.100)
Book Ref
Weil,Simone: 'Late Philosophical Writings' [Notre Dame 2015], p.100
A Reaction
A nice perception. It is fairly easy to criticise, or even laugh at, one's own actions, but extremely hard to criticise our own character. Maybe we all wish we were more determined in our projects, but not much else.