Quotes from book
Waiting for God

Name: Waiting for God
Author: Simone Weil

Simone WeilOriginal title Attente de Dieu (French, 1950)

Emerging from the thought-provoking discussions and correspondence Simone Weil had with the Reverend Father Perrin, this classic collection of essays contains the renowned philosopher and social activist's most profound meditations on the relationship of human life to the realm of the transcendent. An enduring masterwork and "one of the most neglected resources of our century" (Adrienne Rich), Waiting for God will continue to influence spiritual and political thought for centuries to come.

“We cannot take a step toward the heavens. God crosses the universe and comes to us.”

Simone Weil book Waiting for God

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“The capacity to give one's attention to a sufferer is a very rare and difficult thing; it is almost a miracle; it is a miracle. Nearly all those who think they have this capacity do not possess it. Warmth of heart, impulsiveness, pity are not enough.”

Simone Weil book Waiting for God

Waiting on God (1950), Reflections on the Right Use of School Studies with a View to the Love of God
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“Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.”

Simone Weil book Waiting for God

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“To give up our imaginary position as the center, to renounce it, not only intellectually but in the imaginative part of our soul, that means to awaken to what is real and eternal, to see the true light and hear the true silence.”

Simone Weil book Waiting for God

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