3 Simone Weil Quotes on Doubt

Simone Weil quotes on doubt

4. That is why St. John of the Cross calls faith a night. With those who have received a Christian education, the lower parts of the soul become attached to these mysteries when they have no right at all to do so. That is why such people need a purification of which St. John of the Cross describes the stages. Atheism and incredulity constitute an equivalent of such a purification.

5. Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.

49. If we love God while thinking that he does not exist, he will manifest his existence. [p.260]