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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.

An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.

Simone Weil
Love, Atheist, Atheism

Religion in so far as it is a source of consolation is a hindrance to true faith ; and in this sense atheism is a purification. I have to be an atheist with that part of myself which is not made for God. Among those in whom the supernatural part of themselves has not been awakened, the atheists are right and the believers wrong.

Simone Weil
Faith, Atheist, Atheism
Simone Weil (2013). “The Notebooks of Simone Weil”, p.238, Routledge

One of the most exquisite pleasures of human love - to serve the loved one without his knowing it - is only possible, as regards the love of God, through atheism.

Simone Weil
Life, Knowing, Atheism
Simone Weil (2015). “First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge”, p.84, Wipf and Stock Publishers

There are two atheisms of which one is a purification of the notion of God.

Simone Weil
Atheist, Two, Atheism
Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.114, Psychology Press

Rome is the Great Beast of atheism and materialism, adoring nothing but itself. Israel is the Great Beast of religion. Neither one nor the other is likable. The Great Beast is always repulsive

Simone Weil
Israel, Rome, Atheism
Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.30, Psychology Press

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