Simone Weil Quotes

It is the nature of grace always to fill spaces that have been empty.

We hold that man is never so near grace as when he begins to feel he can do nothing at all.

Our only qualitifcation for God's grace is our emptiness, not our fullness; our undeservingness, not our deservingness.

Grace is a free gift of God, but to receive a gift you must have open hands.

I also understood that God's love shows itself just as well in the simplest soul which puts up no resistance to His grace as it does in the loftiest soul.

People are always more encouraged when we share how God's grace helped us in weakness than when we brag about our strengths.

No one should ever say that it was my ignorance if I did or showed forth anything however small according to God's good pleasure; but let this be your conclusion and let it so be thought, that - as is the perfect truth - it was the gift of God.

The Lord has blessed me more than I deserve.

Except for the grace of God, I would be nobody - and that grace is the opposite of merit - human labour, education or human wisdom.

Man offers himself to God. He stands before Him like the canvas before the painter or the marble before the sculptor. At the same time he asks for His grace, expresses his needs and those of his brothers in suffering. Such a type of prayer demands complete renovation. The modest, the ignorant, and the poor are more capable of this self-denial than the rich and the intellectual.

Grace is always sufficient, provided we are ready to cooperate with it. If we fail to do our share, but rather choose to rely on self-will and self-direction, we shall not only get no help from the graces bestowed on us, we shall actually make it impossible for further graces to be given.

The smaller you get-the smaller life makes you-the easier it is to see the grandeur of grace. While I am far more incapable than I may have initially thought, God is infinitely more capable than I ever hoped.

It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself.

We can still see God in other people and do our best to help them find their own grace. So that’s what I strive to do and pray to do every day.

God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.

If I succeed, I will give thanks. If I fail, I will seek His grace.

It is not that we keep His commandments first and that then He loves but that He loves us and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace which is revealed to the humble but hidden from the proud.

It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.

We receive God's grace by humbly admitting that we need it.

I know sanctification comes not with any particular calling, but with genuine acts of service, often for which there is no specific calling.

For me, everything is about Jesus and Father and the Holy Spirit, and relationships, and life is an adventure of faith lived one day at a time. Any aspirations, visions and dreams died a long time ago and I have absolutely no interest in resurrecting them (they would stink by now anyway). I have finally figured out that I have nothing to lose by living a life of faith. I know more joy every minute of every day than seems appropriate, but I love the wastefulness of my Father's grace and presence. For me, everything in my life that matters, is perfect!

God loves the lowly. When we live humbly, he takes our small efforts and creates great things.

The more grace we have, the less we shall think of ourselves, for grace, like light, reveals our impurity.

Only the #‎ gospel can do two seemingly contradictory things: destroy pride and increase courage.

The grace of God exalts a man without inflating him, and humbles a man without debasing him.