We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them.
Simone WeilReal genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.
Simone WeilThe sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
Simone WeilIt seemed to me certain, and I still think so today, that one can never wrestle enough with God if one does so out of pure regard for the truth. Christ likes us to prefer truth to him because, before being Christ, he is truth. If one turns aside from him to go toward the truth, one will not go far before falling into his arms.
Simone Weil