Simone Weil Quotes

I have reached out my hand, I have plucked the fruits of the Gospel, I have eaten of them, and they are sweet, yea, above all that is sweet.

The work of healing is not my work, but by faith, healing is done. The work of deliverance, great and mighty deliverance, is not my work but is my faith in Him. It is not the works of righteousness which I have done, but according to His grace. I am a product of His grace.

I don't know anyone who doesn't have an empty spot at the center of him, which must be filled in order to be really happy. That spot, like it or not, is reserved for God.

God is waiting to satisfy us, yet His goodness will not satisfy us if we are already full of other things.

Before there can be fullness there must be emptiness. Before God can fill us with Himself we must first be emptied of ourselves.

We must first pray, that God would make us wise; before we can wish, he would make us happy.

To pass from estrangement from God to be a son of God is the basic fact of conversion. That altered relationship with God gives you an altered relationship with yourself, with your brother man, with nature, with the universe.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus.

After deep exercise of soul I was brought by grace to feel I could entirely.

The good news of suffering is that it brings us to the end of ourselves - a purpose it has certainly served in my life. It brings us to the place of honesty, which is the place of desperation, which is the place of faith, which is the place of freedom.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer.

Honestly, when I read the Scriptures, I really believe the Lord puts a heart in us when we become believers.

Since we have placed justification in the revelation of Jesus Christ formed and brought forth in the heart, there working his works of righteousness and bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit.

The God we serve does not seek out the perfect, but instead uses our imperfections and our shortcomings for his greater good. I am humbled by my own limitations. But where I am weak, He is strong.

Jesus is who saved me. He's what keeps me full and whole.

The more I come to recognize my story's place in God's grander Story, my once-bewildered questions are turning to psalms of thanksgiving at the wonder that I have been included in what He is doing.

I had cars, houses, jewels, furs, and a husband who loved me, and a career I was happy with. But I found fulfillment in my relationship with Christ.

The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

I didn't come to Christianity for money, I came to Christianity because this is the way we can live a better life.

I'm not praying for God to save me from cancer. I'm not. God will enlighten me when the time comes. And if I've done the right thing, I will be enlightened. And if I believe, I'll be saved. And that's all he promises me.

Our job is not to change people; our job is to connect people to Jesus, and it's Jesus' job to change people.

It's easy to look at the things of this world to solve our challenges and obstacles in life, but when we submit our lives to Christ, His grace, mercy, peace and love will bring true fulfillment to our lives.