We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
Simone WeilNothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
Simone WeilTo 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 WeilIt is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
Simone WeilA modern factory reaches perhaps almost the limit of horror. Everybody in it is constantly harassed and kept on edge by the interference of extraneous wills while the soul is left in cold desolate misery. What man needs is silence and warmth; what he is given is an icy pandemonium. Physical labor may be painful, but it is not degrading as such. It is not art; it is not science; it is something else, possessing an exactly equal value with art and science, for it provides an equal opportunity to reach the impersonal stage of attention.
Simone Weil