It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
SIMONE WEILIt is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
SIMONE WEILEverything which originates from pure love is lit with the radiance of beauty.
SIMONE WEILThose who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
SIMONE WEILThe world is God’s language to us.
SIMONE WEILA mind enclosed in language is in prison.
SIMONE WEILEvil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
SIMONE WEILWe must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
SIMONE WEILNever react to an evil in such a way as to augment it.
SIMONE WEILPatriotism is idolatry of the self.
SIMONE WEILIt is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
SIMONE WEILPower is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
SIMONE WEILIf you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
SIMONE WEILLove is not consolation, it is light.
SIMONE WEILAt the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.
SIMONE WEILModern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
SIMONE WEILIt is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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