Simone Weil Quotes About Prayer

Quotes about: Prayer

• Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.

  Simone Weil

  Prayer, Giving, Soul

• To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.

  Simone Weil

  Christian, Prayer, Religion

• Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.

  Simone Weil

  Prayer, Attention

  Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.117, Psychology Press

• The Our Father contains all possible petitions; we cannot conceive of any prayer not already contained in it. It is to prayer what Christ is to humanity.

  Simone Weil

  Prayer, Father, Humanity

  "The Simone Weil Reader".

• Attentiveness is the heart of prayer.

  Simone Weil

  Prayer, Heart, Attentiveness

• School children and students who love God should never say: "For my part I like mathematics"; "I like French"; "I like Greek." They should learn to like all these subjects, because all of them develop that faculty of attention which, directed toward God, is the very substance of prayer.

  Simone Weil

  Prayer, Children, School

  Simone Weil (1977). “The Simone Weil Reader”

• prayer consists of attention. It is the orientation of all the attention of which the soul is capable towards God. The quality of the attention counts for much in the quality of the prayer. Warmth of heart cannot make up for it.

  Simone Weil

  Prayer, Heart, Soul

  Simone Weil (2009). “Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals)”, p.32, Routledge

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