To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
Simone WeilThe man who has known pure joy, if only for a moment ... is the only man for whom affliction is something devastating. At the same time he is the only man who has not deserved the punishment. But, after all, for him it is no punishment; it is God holding his hand and pressing rather hard. For, if he remains constant, what he will discover buried deep under the sound of his own lamentations is the pearl of the silence of God.
Simone WeilMots clés affliction
Stars and blossoming fruit trees: Utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
Simone WeilThe world is the closed door. It is a barrier. And at the same time it is the way through.
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but it is also their means of communication. … Every separation is a link.
The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle. Nearly all those who believe they have this capacity do not. Warmth, movements of the heart, and pity are not sufficient.
Simone WeilAttention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love. Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
Simone WeilBeauty captivates the flesh in order to obtain permission to pass right to the soul.
Simone WeilThe beauty of this world is Christ's tender smile coming to us through matter.
Simone WeilThe beautiful is the experimental proof that the incarnation is possible.
Simone WeilAn imaginary divinity has been given to man so that he may strip himself of it.
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