Simone Weil on attention
Simone Weil82 quotes“Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.”
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Simone WeilSimone Weil It is not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.
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Simone WeilSimone Weil It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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