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

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

Attentiveness is the heart of prayer.

Simone Weil
Prayer, Heart, Attentiveness

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".

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

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”

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