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Simone Weil Quotes: "It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures."

It is only the impossible that is possible for God. He has given over the possible to the mechanics of matter and the autonomy of his creatures.



Simone Weil Quotes: "It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky."

It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.




Simone Weil Quotes: "An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God."

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.



Simone Weil Quotes: "To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal."

To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.




Simone Weil Quotes: "Grace 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."

Grace 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 Weil Quotes: "The work of art which I do not make, none other will ever make."

The work of art which I do not make, none other will ever make.



Simone Weil Quotes: "To wish to escape from solitude is cowardice. Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue)."

To wish to escape from solitude is cowardice. Friendship is not to be sought, not to be dreamed, not to be desired; it is to be exercised (it is a virtue).




Simone Weil Quotes: "We cannot take a step toward the heavens. God crosses the universe and comes to us."

We cannot take a step toward the heavens. God crosses the universe and comes to us.



Simone Weil Quotes: "The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have the capacity do not possess it."

The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have the capacity do not possess it.



Simone Weil Quotes: "How many people have been thus led, through lack of self-confidence, to stifle their most justified doubts?"

How many people have been thus led, through lack of self-confidence, to stifle their most justified doubts?



Simone Weil Quotes: "There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul."

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul.



Simone Weil Quotes: "In this world we live in a mixture of time and eternity. Hell would be pure time."

In this world we live in a mixture of time and eternity. Hell would be pure time.




Simone Weil Quotes: "The whole evolution of present-day society tends to develop the various forms of bureaucratic oppression and to give them a sort of autonomy in regard to capitalism as such."

The whole evolution of present-day society tends to develop the various forms of bureaucratic oppression and to give them a sort of autonomy in regard to capitalism as such.



Simone Weil Quotes: "The villagers seldom leave the village; many scientists have limited and poorly cultivated minds apart from their specialty."

The villagers seldom leave the village; many scientists have limited and poorly cultivated minds apart from their specialty.



Simone Weil Quotes: "The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary."

The essential thing to know about God is that God is Good. All the rest is secondary.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat."

Petroleum is a more likely cause of international conflict than wheat.



Simone Weil Quotes: "To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves."

To write the lives of the great in separating them from their works necessarily ends by above all stressing their pettiness, because it is in their work that they have put the best of themselves.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy."

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.



Simone Weil Quotes: "There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light."

There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction."

Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.



Simone Weil Quotes: "The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation."

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.



Simone Weil Quotes: "We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them."

We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Workers need poetry more than bread. They need that their life should be a poem. They need some light from eternity. Religion alone can be the source of such poetry."

Workers need poetry more than bread. They need that their life should be a poem. They need some light from eternity. Religion alone can be the source of such poetry.



Simone Weil Quotes: "You could not be born at a better period than the present, when we have lost everything."

You could not be born at a better period than the present, when we have lost everything.



Simone Weil Quotes: "The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes."

The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself also without precedent."

Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself also without precedent.



Simone Weil Quotes: "A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless."

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless.



Simone Weil Quotes: "When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door."

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Attachment is a manufacturer of illusion and whoever wants reality ought to be detached."

Attachment is a manufacturer of illusion and whoever wants reality ought to be detached.



Simone Weil Quotes: "A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines."

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.



Simone Weil Quotes: "I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances."

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.



Simone Weil Quotes: "We should do only those righteous actions which we cannot stop ourselves from doing."

We should do only those righteous actions which we cannot stop ourselves from doing.



Simone Weil Quotes: "The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil."

The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.



Simone Weil Quotes: "The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded upon the spirituality of work."

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded upon the spirituality of work.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure."

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead they are no more than corpses."

Who were the fools who spread the story that brute force cannot kill ideas? Nothing is easier. And once they are dead they are no more than corpses.



Simone Weil Quotes: "There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God."

There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God.



Simone Weil Quotes: "He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence."

He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence.



Simone Weil Quotes: "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."

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.



Simone Weil Quotes: "The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit."

The role of the intelligence - that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit.



Simone Weil Quotes: "To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life."

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.



Simone Weil Quotes: "If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire."

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement."

Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.



Simone Weil Quotes: "The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love."

The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life."

Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Time's violence rends the soul, by the rent eternity enters."

Time's violence rends the soul, by the rent eternity enters.



Simone Weil Quotes: "In reality nothing is so beautiful as the good, nothing is so monotonous and boring as evil."

In reality nothing is so beautiful as the good, nothing is so monotonous and boring as evil.



Simone Weil Quotes: "Necessity is God's veil."

Necessity is God's veil.



Simone Weil Quotes: "The struggle between the opponents and defenders of capitalism is a struggle between innovators who do not know what innovation to make and conservatives who do not know what to conserve."

The struggle between the opponents and defenders of capitalism is a struggle between innovators who do not know what innovation to make and conservatives who do not know what to conserve.