It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
Interpretation
Grace creates a sense of emptiness within us, and it is also grace that has the power to fulfill that emptiness.
Simone Weil suggests that every person experiences a void or emptiness in their life, which is often filled by the concept of grace. This grace can be interpreted as a form of beauty, love, or divine presence that not only highlights our internal struggles but also provides a means to find fulfillment and purpose amidst these struggles.
In practice
This quote could be used in a motivational speech about personal growth during challenging times.
The afflicted are not listened to. They are like someone whose tongue has been cut out and who occasionally forgets the fact. When they move their lips no ear perceives any sound. And they themselves soon sink into impotence in the use of language, because of the certainty of not being heard.
The appetite for power, even for universal power, is only insane when there is no possibility of indulging it; a man who sees the possibility opening before him and does not try to grasp it, even at the risk of destroying himself and his country, is either
As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.
Evil is license, and that is why it is monotonous: everything has to be drawn from ourselves. One is condemned to false infinity. That is hell itself.
I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.
How many people have been thus led, through lack of self-confidence, to stifle their most justified doubts?
Not all of us are called to be hermits, but all of us need enough silence and solitude in our lives to enable the deeper voice of our own self to be heard at least occasionally.
Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
At last _x000D_ _x000D_ He is healed of his self-doubt._x000D_ _x000D_ Now what is happening ?_x000D_ _x000D_ He is awakening_x000D_ _x000D_ To his souls ecstasy-sun.
The greatest weapon we have to combat stress is the ability to choose our thoughts.
If you want to be wrong then follow the masses.
Do not be fooled by one who recites the QurΓ’n. His recitation is but speech β but look to those who act according to it.
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