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Simone Weil quotes about god

French Philosopher February 3, 1909 – August 24, 1943

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Simone Weil quote: "Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal..."
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are..."
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "Electra weeping for the dead Orestes. If we love God while..."
Electra weeping for the dead Orestes. If we love God while thinking that he does not exist, he will manifest his existence. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing...."
Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does. Simone Weil
Simone Weil quote: "Every perfect life is a parable invented by God."
Every perfect life is a parable invented by God. Simone Weil
We cannot take a single step towards heaven. It is not In our power to travel in a vertical direction. If however we look heavenward for a long time, God comes and takes us up. He raises us easily. Simone Weil
The man who has known pure joy, if only for a moment ... is the only man for whom affliction is something devastating. At the same time he is the only man who has not deserved the punishment. But, after all, for him it is no punishment; it is God holding his hand and pressing rather hard. For, if he remains constant, what he will discover buried deep under the sound of his own lamentations is the pearl of the silence of God. Simone Weil
There are four evidences of divine mercy here below. The favors of God to beings capable of contemplation (these states exist and form part of their experience as creatures). The radiance of these beings, and their compassion, which is the divine compassion in them. The beauty of the world. The fourth evidence is the complete absence of mercy here below. Simone Weil
We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. Simone Weil
It is because the will has no power to bring about salvation that the idea of secular morality is an absurdity. What is called morality only depends on the will in what is, so to speak, its most muscular aspect. Religion on the contrary corresponds to desire, and it is desire that saves...To long for God and to renounce all the rest, that alone can save. Simone Weil
It 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
To 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 Weil
Simone Weil quote: "He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence."
He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence. Simone Weil
Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link. Simone Weil
We have to believe in a God who is like the true God in everything except that he does not exist, since we have not reached the point where God exists. Simone Weil

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