We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
SIMONE WEILWe only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
SIMONE WEILTo be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
SIMONE WEILPurity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
SIMONE WEILLove: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
SIMONE WEILIt is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
SIMONE WEILThe glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
SIMONE WEILThose who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
SIMONE WEILEvil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
SIMONE WEILEvery sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
SIMONE WEILThere are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
SIMONE WEILLove of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
SIMONE WEILGod is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
SIMONE WEILWhenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
SIMONE WEILFortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
SIMONE WEILAbsolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
SIMONE WEILAll sins are attempts to fill voids.
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