The universe where we are living, and of which we form a tiny particle, is the distance put by love between God & God. We are a point in this distance. Space, time & the mechanism that governs matter are the distance. Everything that we call evil is only this mechanism.
God has provided that when his grace penetrates to the very center of a man and from there illuminates all his being, he is able to walk on the water without violating any of the laws of nature. When, however, a man turns away from God, he simply give himself up to the law of gravity. Then he thinks that he can decide & choose, but he is only a thing, a stone that falls.
If we examine human society and souls closely and with attention, we see that wherever the virtue of supernatural light is absent, everything is obedient to mechanical law as blind and as exact as the law of gravitation. To know this is profitably & necessary. Those whom we call criminals are only tiles blown off a roof by the wind & falling at random. Their only fault is the initial choice by which they become such tiles.
Simone Weil [Waiting for God]
