If three steps are taken without any other motive than the desire to obey God, those three steps are miraculous; they are equally so whether they take place on dry land or on water.
Simone Weil
Obedience, Faith, Miracles, Devotion, Spiritual Journey, Divine Will
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“Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.” Simone Weil
Focused Attention, Prayer Definition, Spiritual Depth, Mindful Reflection, Human Soul, Devotional Practice
Simone Weil Focused Attention, Prayer Definition, Spiritual Depth, Mindful Reflection, Human Soul, Devotional Practice“When literature becomes deliberately indifferent to the opposition of good and evil it betrays its function and forfeits all claim to excellence.” Simone Weil
Literature, Morality, Artistic Responsibility, Good And Evil, Cultural Critique, Artistic Integrity
Simone Weil Literature, Morality, Artistic Responsibility, Good And Evil, Cultural Critique, Artistic Integrity“We cannot imagine such joys when they are absent, thus the incentive for seeking them is lacking.” Simone Weil
Joy, Incentive, Imagination, Human Desire, Absent Feelings, Mental Pursuit
Simone Weil Joy, Incentive, Imagination, Human Desire, Absent Feelings, Mental Pursuit“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
Nature, Spirituality, Growth, Divine Energy, Interconnectedness, Metaphysical Perspective
Simone Weil Nature, Spirituality, Growth, Divine Energy, Interconnectedness, Metaphysical Perspective“Whoever, within his own soul and in human relations, escapes the dominion of force is loved but loved sorrowfully because of the threat of destruction that constantly hangs over him.” Simone Weil
Freedom Within, Human Relations, Love Reflection, Oppression Escape, Emotional Depth, Fragility
Simone Weil Freedom Within, Human Relations, Love Reflection, Oppression Escape, Emotional Depth, Fragility“To conceive God as an all-powerful Person, or else, under the name of Christ, as a human person, is to exclude oneself from the true love of God. For this reason we must love the perfection of the heavenly Father even in the diffusion of sunlight. The divine and absolute model of that renunciation in us – which is obedience – is the creative and ordained principle of the universe, such is the fullness of being.” Simone Weil
God, Love, Perfection, Obedience, Divine Nature, Spiritual Understanding
Simone Weil God, Love, Perfection, Obedience, Divine Nature, Spiritual Understanding“Attentiveness is the heart of prayer.” Simone Weil
Prayer, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Focus, Devotion, Inner Awareness
Simone Weil Prayer, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Focus, Devotion, Inner Awareness“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.” Simone Weil
Capitalism Struggle, Innovation Battle, Conservative Challenges, Capitalism, Innovation, Conservatism
Simone Weil Capitalism Struggle, Innovation Battle, Conservative Challenges, Capitalism, Innovation, Conservatism“We must love all facts, not for their consequences, but because in each fact God is there present.” Simone Weil
Facts, God, Presence, Divine Truth, Spiritual Acceptance, Reality
Simone Weil Facts, God, Presence, Divine Truth, Spiritual Acceptance, Reality“We cannot take a single step toward heaven. It is not in our power to travel in a vertical direction. If however we look heavenward for a long time, God comes and takes us up.” Simone Weil
Heaven’s Path, Spiritual Ascent, Divine Intervention, Heaven, God, Spirituality
Simone Weil Heaven’s Path, Spiritual Ascent, Divine Intervention, Heaven, God, Spirituality“Imagination is always the fabric of social life and the dynamic of history. The influence of real needs and compulsions, of real interests and materials, is indirect because the crowd is never conscious of it.” Simone Weil
Imagination, Society, History, Human Consciousness, Social Dynamics, Collective Unconscious
Simone Weil Imagination, Society, History, Human Consciousness, Social Dynamics, Collective Unconscious“I only read what I am hungry for at the moment when I have an appetite for it, and then I do not read, I eat.” Simone Weil
Passionate Reading, Intellectual Appetite, True Learning, Knowledge Hunger, Personal Growth, Inner Fulfillment
Simone Weil Passionate Reading, Intellectual Appetite, True Learning, Knowledge Hunger, Personal Growth, Inner Fulfillment“Thus it happens that those who have force on loan from fate count on it too much and are destroyed.” Simone Weil
Power, Fate, Hubris, Destruction, Human Nature, Moral Lesson
Simone Weil Power, Fate, Hubris, Destruction, Human Nature, Moral Lesson“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
Spirituality, Work, Poetry, Human Needs, Transcendence, Religious Philosophy
Simone Weil Spirituality, Work, Poetry, Human Needs, Transcendence, Religious Philosophy“The difference between more or less intelligent men is like the difference between criminals condemned to life imprisonment in smaller or larger cells. The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like a condemned man who is proud of his large cell.” Simone Weil
Intelligence, Prison, Pride, Life Condemnation, Mental Awareness, Human Limitations
Simone Weil Intelligence, Prison, Pride, Life Condemnation, Mental Awareness, Human Limitations“With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.” Simone Weil
Sorrow, Misfortune, Human Value, Empathy, Philosophical Reflection, Individual Worth
Simone Weil Sorrow, Misfortune, Human Value, Empathy, Philosophical Reflection, Individual Worth“Yes, we are dreaming. Men of action and enterprise are dreamers; they prefer dream to reality. But they use arms to make others dream their dreams. The victor lives his dream; the vanquished lives another's dream.” Simone Weil
Dreams, Reality, Action, Victory, Human Ambition, Power Dynamics
Simone Weil Dreams, Reality, Action, Victory, Human Ambition, Power Dynamics“Attachment is a manufacturer of illusion and whoever wants reality ought to be detached.” Simone Weil
Attachment, Illusion, Reality, Detachment, Spiritual Wisdom, Emotional Freedom
Simone Weil Attachment, Illusion, Reality, Detachment, Spiritual Wisdom, Emotional Freedom