We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our…

Simone Weil
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We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. ✨ Attention and Will (1947). Gravity and Grace. Book by Simone Weil, p. 216, 1947.
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We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. ✨ Attention and Will (1947). Gravity and Grace. Book by Simone Weil, p. 216, 1947.

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