I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.
Simone WeilReligion is a form of nourishment. It is difficult to appreciate the flavor and food-value of something one has never eaten.
Simone WeilThe demonstrable correlation of opposites is an image of the transcendental correlation of contradictories.
Simone WeilWhen an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen and peasants have this fine expression: "It is the trade entering his body." Each time that we have some pain to go through, we can say to ourselves quite truly that it is the universe, the order and beauty of the world, and the obedience of God that are entering our body.
Simone Weil