Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness. ✨ Simone Weil (2002). G…

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Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness. ✨ Simone Weil (2002). Gravity and Grace, p.22, Psychology Press
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Beauty is a fruit which we look at without trying to seize it. ✨ Simone Weil (2002). Gravity and Grace, p.150, Psychology Press
Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we can always suppose in the case of an experiment that it is inexplicable because we don't happen to have all the data. In mathemat … ▶
It is not my business to think about myself. My business is to think about God. It is for God to think about me. ✨ Simone Weil (2009). Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals), p.4, Routledge
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention. ✨ Simone Weil (2009). Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals), p.36, Routledge
The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes. ✨ Simone Weil (2003). The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind, p.48, Routledge

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