“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. ”
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“Those who look at others as simple, one-dimensional caricatures fuel the rage of the dispossessed.”
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“Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.”
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“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.”
― The Simone Weil Reader
― The Simone Weil Reader
“Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.”
― Gravity and Grace
― Gravity and Grace
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