I suddenly had the everlasting conviction that any human being, even though practically devoid of natural faculties, can penetrate to the kingdom of truth reserved for genius, if only he longs for truth and perpetually concentrates all his attention upon its attainment. … the same conviction led me to persevere for ten years in an effort of concentrated attention that was practically unsupported by any hope of results.
Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul. Every effort adds a little gold to a treasure no power on earth can take away.
Simone Weil, Waiting for God, 64, 107-108
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