When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen and peasants have this fine expression: "It is the trade entering his body." Each time that we have some pain to go through, we can say to ourselves quite truly that it is the universe, the order and beauty of the world, and the obedience of God that are entering our body.


Waiting on God (Routledge Revivals) (ed. Routledge, 2009) - ISBN: 9781135267841

Simone Weil Quotes

When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen and peasants have this fine expression: It is the trade entering his body....

When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen and peasants have this fine expression: It is the trade entering his body....

When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen and peasants have this fine expression: It is the trade entering his body....

When an apprentice gets hurt, or complains of being tired, the workmen and peasants have this fine expression: It is the trade entering his body....