Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The Our Father contains all possible petitions; we cannot conceive of any prayer not already contained in it. It is to prayer… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that really intimate conversation is only possible between two or three. As soon as there are six or seven, collective… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The beauty of the world is Christ's tender smile for us coming through matter. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
It seemed to me certain, and I still think so today, that one can never wrestle enough with God if one does… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Christ himself came down and took possession of me. . . I had never foreseen the possibility of that, of a real… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
One should identify oneself with the universe itself. Everything that is less than the universe is subjected to suffering. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
In a general way, the literature of the twentieth century is essentially psychological; and psychology consists of describing states of the soul by displaying… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
To be innocent is to bear the weight of the entire universe. It is to throw away the counterweight. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Equality is the public recognition, effectively expressed in institutions and manners, of the principle that an equal degree of attention is due to the… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Only he who has measured the dominion of force, and knows how not to respect it, is capable of love andjustice. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
