Every time that a fragment of inexpressible truth passes into words that, although they are not able to contain the truth that inspired them, have by their order a perfect correspondence with truth that furnishes support to every spirit that wants to find it. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
We do not enter into the truth without having passed through our own nothingness; without having sojourned for a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
If we turn our minds towards the good, it is impossible that little by little the whole soul will not be attracted thereto in spite of itself. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
The most commonplace truth when it floods the whole soul, is like a revelation. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
We do not have to understand new things, but by dint of patience, effort and method to come to understand with our whole self the truths which are evident. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Attention alone — that attention which is so full that the ‘I’ disappears — is required of me. I have to deprive all that I call ‘I’ of the light of my attention and turn it on to that which cannot be conceived. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
In general we must not wish for the disappearance of any of our troubles, but grace to transform them. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
