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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.

Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.

Simone Weil
Thank You, Gratitude, Joy
Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.63, Psychology Press

Joy is being fully aware of reality.

Simone Weil
Reality, Joy

A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.

Simone Weil
Dream, Real, Joy
Simone Weil (2002). “Gravity and Grace”, p.53, Psychology Press

To want friendship is a great fault. Friendship ought to be a gratuitous joy, like the joys afforded by art or life.

Simone Weil
Friendship, Art, Joy
Simone Weil (2015). “First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge”, p.43, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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