The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them. - Simone Weil
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
- Simone Weil
The need of truth is more sacred than any other need. - Simone Weil
The need of truth is more sacred than any other need.
If someone does me injury I must desire that this injury shall not degrade me. I must desire this out of love for him who inflicts it, in order that … - Simone Weil
If someone does me injury I must desire that this injury shall not degrade me. I must desire this out of love for him who inflicts it, in order that …
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 Weil
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.
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. - Simone Weil
Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
All sins are attempts to fill voids. - Simone Weil
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is the only f… - Simone Weil
Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against gravity, so the grace of God is the only f…
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul. - Simone Weil
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt , there is tyranny . - Simone Weil
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt , there is tyranny .
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