There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
SIMONE WEILThere is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
SIMONE WEILWe must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
SIMONE WEILFor 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.
SIMONE WEILAttention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
SIMONE WEILThe sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
SIMONE WEILWar is the supreme form of prestige.
SIMONE WEILThe love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
SIMONE WEILLove: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
SIMONE WEILContradiction is the lever of transcendence.
SIMONE WEILReligion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
SIMONE WEILTo be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
SIMONE WEILAn atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
SIMONE WEILFortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
SIMONE WEILTrue definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
SIMONE WEILThere is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
SIMONE WEILA mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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