Humanism was not wrong in thinking that truth, beauty, liberty, and equality are of infinite value, but in thinking that man can… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them. — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
All the natural movements of the soul are controlled by laws analogous to those of physical gravity. Grace is the only exception.… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Grace fills empty spaces, but it can only enter where there is a void to receive it, and it is grace itself… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
Just as the power of the sun is the only force in the natural universe that causes a plant to grow against… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void. — 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
