It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
Interpretation
Grace creates a sense of emptiness within us, and it is also grace that has the power to fulfill that emptiness.
Simone Weil suggests that every person experiences a void or emptiness in their life, which is often filled by the concept of grace. This grace can be interpreted as a form of beauty, love, or divine presence that not only highlights our internal struggles but also provides a means to find fulfillment and purpose amidst these struggles.
In practice
This quote could be used in a motivational speech about personal growth during challenging times.
The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets the fact. When they move their lips no ear perceives any sound. And they themselves soon sink into impotence in the use of language, because of the certainty of not being heard.
The appetite for power, even for universal power, is only insane when there is no possibility of indulging it; a man who sees the possibility opening before him and does not try to grasp it, even at the risk of destroying himself and his country, is either
As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.
Evil is license, and that is why it is monotonous: everything has to be drawn from ourselves. One is condemned to false infinity. That is hell itself.
I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.
How many people have been thus led, through lack of self-confidence, to stifle their most justified doubts?
The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's clothes.
Eat bitter, taste sweet," Frank said. "I hate that proverb." "But it's true. What do they call it these days---no pain, no gain? Same concept. You do the easy thing, the appealing thing, the peaceful thing, mostly it turns out sour in the end. But if you take the hard path---ah, that's how you reap the sweet rewards. Duty. Sacrifice. They mean something.
We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to be right handed or left handed.
No two minds ever come together without a third invisible force, which may be likened to a 'third mind.' When a group of individual minds are coordinated and function in harmony, the increased energy created through that alliance becomes available to every individual in the group.
Temperance and labor are the two real physicians of man.
I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too.
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