Reverence is the work of attention. In fact, reverence is attention.
Robert Zaretsky • The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas
Complete attention,” Weil declared, “is like unconsciousness.” As such, it is a state that does not entail a particular action or stance, but instead suggests a form of reception, open and nonjudgmental, of the world.
Robert Zaretsky • Simone Weil’s Radical Conception of Attention
Attention is all we have. According to philosopher Simone Weil, it is sacred — the rarest form of generosity:
“Attention alone, that attention which is so full that the ‘I’ disappears, is required of me. I have to deprive all that I call ‘I’ of the light of my attention and turn it onto that which cannot be conceived.”