Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
SIMONE WEILPain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
SIMONE WEILThe extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
SIMONE WEILThe love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
SIMONE WEILJoy is being fully aware of reality.
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 WEILLove is not consolation, it is light.
SIMONE WEILCompassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
SIMONE WEILTrue definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
SIMONE WEILThere are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
SIMONE WEILOfficial history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
SIMONE WEILWar is the supreme form of prestige.
SIMONE WEILFortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
SIMONE WEILThe intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
SIMONE WEILGrace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself which makes this void.
SIMONE WEILIt is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
SIMONE WEILA mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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