Simone Weil

"In what concerns divine things, belief is not appropriate. Only certainty will do. Anything less than certainty is unworthy of God."

Woah thats heavy stuff. I constantly say "I believe this" or "I believe that..." when i should be saying "I am certain!" Well in dealing with matters of God and faith anyways. The definition of believe is to accept something as true or feel sure of the truth. The definition of certainty is a fact that is absolutely true or a person that can undoubtably be relied on. Which one would you prefer? Accepting something as true, or knowing something as undoubted fact. I would definitely choose fact.

"Perfect and infinite joy really exists within God."

I really like this quote. It almost sounds like it came right out of the bible. haha. I dont know how i feel about the rest of it though..."My participation can add nothing to it, my non-participation can take nothing from reality of this perfect and infinite joy." Well I understand that with or without me God is perfect...but I'd like to think that each and every person that comes to know the Lord adds to that infinite joy. 

"Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer."

In other words...absolute focus and concentration on God and nothing or no one else is prayer. Not gonna lie this can be hard at times. First of all, how hard is it to find a secluded place where you can give your complete attention to God. pretty dang hard. Secondly, how hard is it to focus on one thing and one thing only for a long period of time. Well for me its very hard haha Our brains are designed to think of a million different things within seconds....i mean our train of thought alone is so weird and random. However, I find that its much easier to control your train of thought in prayer than at any other time. That must be God' doing because I know I would not be able to do that on my own haha