Contemplating an object fixedly with the mind, asking myself, 'What is it?' without thinking of any other object or relating it to anything else for hours on end.
Simone WeilIt is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.
Simone WeilAn atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
Simone WeilNo human being escapes the necessity of conceiving some good outside himself towards which his thought turns in a movement of desire, supplication, and hope.
Simone Weil