The simultaneous existence of opposite virtues in the soul like pincers to catch hold of God.
Simone Weil
Virtues, Soul, God, Spiritual Growth, Moral Complexity, Divine Connection
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More Simone Weil Quotes
“Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.” Simone Weil
Purity, Defilement, Contemplation, Moral Strength, Spiritual Insight, Ethical Perception
Simone Weil Purity, Defilement, Contemplation, Moral Strength, Spiritual Insight, Ethical Perception“Renunciation is submission to time.” Simone Weil
Time Submission, Life Renunciation, Personal Growth, Spiritual Reflection, Inner Strength, True Wisdom
Simone Weil Time Submission, Life Renunciation, Personal Growth, Spiritual Reflection, Inner Strength, True Wisdom“Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.” Simone Weil
Life, Perfection, Divinity, Spirituality, Existence, Religious Philosophy
Simone Weil Life, Perfection, Divinity, Spirituality, Existence, Religious Philosophy“When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.” Simone Weil
Class, Murder, Authority, Dehumanization, Spiritual Exclusion, Social Injustice
Simone Weil Class, Murder, Authority, Dehumanization, Spiritual Exclusion, Social Injustice“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
Power Of Ideas, Force Reflection, Intellectual Fragility, Ideological Conflict, Historical Insight, Human Strength
Simone Weil Power Of Ideas, Force Reflection, Intellectual Fragility, Ideological Conflict, Historical Insight, Human Strength“In order to obey God, one must receive his commands. How did it happen that I received them in adolescence, while I was professing atheism? To believe that the desire for good is always fulfilled – that is faith, and whoever has it is not an atheist.” Simone Weil
Faith Journey, Divine Commands, Atheism Reflection, Goodness Desire, Spiritual Growth, Personal Belief
Simone Weil Faith Journey, Divine Commands, Atheism Reflection, Goodness Desire, Spiritual Growth, Personal Belief“I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.” Simone Weil
Suffer, Country, Humiliation, National Pain, Personal Struggles, Patriotism
Simone Weil Suffer, Country, Humiliation, National Pain, Personal Struggles, Patriotism“In reality nothing is so beautiful as the good, nothing is so monotonous and boring as evil.” Simone Weil
Good, Evil, Beauty, Monotony, Moral Aesthetics, Ethical Contrast
Simone Weil Good, Evil, Beauty, Monotony, Moral Aesthetics, Ethical Contrast“Men owe us what they imagine they will give us. We must forgive them this debt.” Simone Weil
Debt, Forgiveness, Imagination, Human Expectations, Moral Grace, Relationships
Simone Weil Debt, Forgiveness, Imagination, Human Expectations, Moral Grace, Relationships“In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.” Simone Weil
Church Insight, Social Reflection, Faith Mysteries, Religious Belief, Institutional Analysis, Sacred Depth
Simone Weil Church Insight, Social Reflection, Faith Mysteries, Religious Belief, Institutional Analysis, Sacred Depth“What is surprising is not that oppression should make its appearance only after higher forms of economy have been reached, but that it should always accompany them.” Simone Weil
Oppression, Economy, Social Critique, Historical Insight, Human Nature, Power Dynamics
Simone Weil Oppression, Economy, Social Critique, Historical Insight, Human Nature, Power Dynamics“Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.” Simone Weil
Genius, Humility, Thought, Virtue, Intellectual Capacity, Supernatural Quality
Simone Weil Genius, Humility, Thought, Virtue, Intellectual Capacity, Supernatural Quality“Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does.” Simone Weil
True Charity, Divine Love, Humble Reflection, Compassionate Insight, Selflessness, Spiritual Depth
Simone Weil True Charity, Divine Love, Humble Reflection, Compassionate Insight, Selflessness, Spiritual Depth“At the bottom of the heart of every human being, from earliest infancy until the tomb, there is something that goes on indomitably expecting, in the teeth of all experience of crimes committed, suffered, and witnessed, that good and not evil will be done.” Simone Weil
Humanity, Hope, Goodness, Resilience, Human Nature, Moral Expectation
Simone Weil Humanity, Hope, Goodness, Resilience, Human Nature, Moral Expectation“It may be that vice, depravity, and crime are nearly always, or even perhaps always, in their essence, attempts to eat beauty, to eat what we should only look at.” Simone Weil
Vice, Beauty, Morality, Temptation, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight
Simone Weil Vice, Beauty, Morality, Temptation, Human Nature, Philosophical Insight“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“It is not my business to think about myself. My business is to think about God. It is for God to think about me.” Simone Weil
God, Self, Thought, Divine Relationship, Spiritual Focus, Human Purpose
Simone Weil God, Self, Thought, Divine Relationship, Spiritual Focus, Human Purpose“If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.” Simone Weil
Desire, Possession, Self-discovery, Introspection, Inner Fulfillment, Personal Truth
Simone Weil Desire, Possession, Self-discovery, Introspection, Inner Fulfillment, Personal Truth