In what concerns divine things, belief is not appropriate. Only certainty will do. Anything less than certainty is unworthy of God. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Belief in immortality is harmful because it is not in our power to conceive of the soul as really incorporeal. So this… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
It is not for man to seek, or even to believe in, God. He only has to refuse his ultimate love to… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Piety in regard to the dead: to do everything for what does not exist.” — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“The comparison of religions is only possible, in some measure, through the miraculous virtue of sympathy. We can know men to a… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“We should not seize upon these mysteries as truths, for that is impossible, but recognize the subordination to these mysteries which we… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
In order to obey God, one must receive his commands. How did it happen that I received them in adolescence, while I… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith ; and in this sense… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is… — 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
