There is no greater joy for me than looking at the sky on a clear night with an attention so concentrated that all my other thoughts disappear; then one can think that the stars enter into one's soul.
Simone WeilIf it were conceivable that in obeying God one should bring about one's own damnation whilst in disobeying him one could be saved, I should still choose the way of obedience.
Simone WeilThe intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
Simone WeilThe real sin of idolatry is always committed on behalf of something similar to the State.
Simone Weil