Simone Weil: Quotes about God

Simone Weil was French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist. Explore interesting quotes on god.

Simone Weil: 386 quotes27 likes

“I feel ceaselessly and increasingly torn, both in my intelligence and in the depth of my heart, by my inability to conceive simultaneously and in truth of the affliction of humans, the perfection of God, and the relation between the two.”

“The key to a Christian conception of studies is the realization that prayer consists of attention. It is the orientation of all the attention of which the soul is capable toward God. The quality of the attention counts for much in the quality of the prayer. Warmth of heart cannot make up for it.”

"Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God"
Waiting on God (1950)

“The first thing that we know about ourselves is our imperfection.
This is what Descartes meant when he said: 'I know God before I know myself.'”

The only mark of God in us is that we feel that we are not God.

p. 90
Lectures on Philosophy (1959)