Simone Weil Quotes About Saints

Quotes about: Saints

• Today it is not nearly enough to be a saint, but we must have the saintliness demanded by the present moment, a new saintliness, itself also without precedent.

  Simone Weil

  Live In The Moment, Saint, Today

  Simone Weil (2009). “Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals)”, p.28, Routledge

• As for the spirit of poverty, I do not remember any moment when it was not in me, although only to that unhappily small extent compatible with my imperfection. I fell in love with Saint Francis of Assisi as soon as I came to know about him. I always believed and hoped that one day Fate would force upon me the condition of a vagabond and a beggar which he embraced freely. Actually I felt the same way about prison.

  Simone Weil

  Fate, Imperfection, One Day

  "Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals)".

• The world needs saints who have genius, just as a plague-stricken town needs doctors.

  Simone Weil

  Doctors, Saint, Needs

  Simone Weil (2009). “Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals)”, p.29, Routledge

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