If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
SIMONE WEILLove of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
More Simone Weil Quotes
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To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
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Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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