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Simone Weil on God

1909–1943 France

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There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God.

The New Christianity (1967)

If we want a love which will protect the soul from wounds we must love something other than God.

Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986)

The first thing that we know about ourselves is our imperfection.

Lectures on Philosophy (1959)

God's love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God's love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.

Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986)

In order to obey God, one must receive his commands. How did it happen that I received them in adolescence, while I was professing atheism? To believe that the desire for good is always fulfilled — that is faith, and whoever has it is not an atheist.

Last Notebook (1942)

The Great Beast is the only object of idolatry, the only ersatz of God, the only imitation of something which is infinitely far from me and which is I myself.

Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986)

No human being escapes the necessity of conceiving some good outside himself towards which his thought turns in a movement of desire, supplication, and hope. consequently, the only choice is between worshipping the true God or an idol. Every atheist is an idolater — unless he is worshipping the true God in his impersonal aspect. The majority of the pious are idolaters.

Last Notebook (1942)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Simone Weil (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.