Peter

“There is no doubt that here below matter and evil exercise 'all the causality which belongs to them'; the spectacle of the innumerable horrors of history is enough to prove that the kingdom of God is not of this world (does not Scripture describe the devil as the prince of this world?). Nevertheless God remains mysteriously present in creation: without in any way changing the calamities which weigh upon us, his grace plays upon the laws of gravity like the sun's rays in the clouds.”
― Gustave Thibon, Gravity and Grace

“The capacity to pay attention to an afflicted person is something very rare, very difficult; it is nearly a miracle. It is a miracle. Nearly all those who believe they have this capacity do not. Warmth, movements of the heart, and pity are not sufficient.”
― Simone Weil, Waiting for God

“God offers to every mind a choice between repose and truth. take which you please--you can never have both. [Essay on Intellect]”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.”
― Simone Weil