Simone Weil Quote

All the pains that distance us are lost pains.

Why should I worry? It is not my business to think about myself. My business is to think about God. It is God's concern to think about me.

Simone Weil

For your right hand to ignore what your left hand does, it will have to be hidden from consciousness.

Simone Weil

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is a door.

Simone Weil

In fighting against anguish one never produces serenity; the fight against anguish only produces new forms of anguish.

Simone Weil

To kill with the mind everything that is loved: the only way to die.

Simone Weil

To desire friendship is a great mistake. Friendship should be a free enjoyment, like those provided by art or life.

Simone Weil

Time always leads us where we do not want to go. Let us love time.

Simone Weil

Love is not consolation. It is light.

Simone Weil