7 Simone Weil Quotes on God

Simone Weil quotes on god

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

10. One of the most exquisite pleasures of human love - to serve the loved one without his knowing it - is only possible, as regards the love of God, through atheism.

26. It is because of my wretchedness that I am 'I.' It is on account of the wretchedness of the universe that, in a sense, God is 'I' (that is to say a person). [p.83]

36. We can know only one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him. [p.216]

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

50. 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. [p.270]

68. 'Mathematics and the Love of God: An Introduction to the thought of Simone Weil' by Scott Taylor (a PDF document)