An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God. – Simone Weil
A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams. – Simone Weil
A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. – Simone Weil
The role of the intelligence – that part of us which affirms and denies and formulates opinions is merely to submit. – Simone Weil
The typical human life seems to be quite unplanned, undirected, unlived, and unsavored. Only those who consciously think about the adventure of living as a matter of making choices among options, which they have found for themselves, ever establish real self-control and live their lives fully. – Karl Albrecht