Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the sain…

Simone Weil
201 citations
Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself also without precedent. ✨ Simone Weil (2009). Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals), p.28, Routledge
Time
33

More Author Quotes

If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
The appetite for power, even for universal power, is only insane when there is no possibility of indulging it; a man who sees the possibility opening before him and does not try to grasp it, even at … ▶
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire. ✨ Simone Weil (2002). Gravity and Grace, p.22, Psychology Press
When war is waged, it is for the purpose of safeguarding or increasing one's capacity to make war. International politics are wholly involved in this vicious cycle. What is called national prestige c … ▶
Fire destroys that which feeds it. ✨ Simone Weil (2013). The Notebooks of Simone Weil, p.132, Routledge

Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself also without precedent. ✨ Simone Weil (2009). Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals), p.28, Routledge

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes