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> It was the same with Saint Nicholas who, when going across the Russian Steppes with Saint Cassian to meet God, could not help being late for the appointed time of meeting because he had to help a poor peasant to move his cart which had stuck in the mud. Good which is done in this way, almost in spite of ourselves, almost shamefacedly and apologetically, is pure.
#SaintNicholas #SaintCassian in
#GravityAndGrace

Simone Weil gets me thinking of Ursula LeGuin's translation of Lao Tzu..

> To act not for an object but from necessity. I cannot do otherwise. It is not an action but a sort of passivity. Inactive action.

#SimoneWeil #GravityAndGrace with #老子 and #UrsulaLeGuin's #WuWei