Full Idea
We must leave on one side the beliefs which fill up voids and sweeten what is bitter. The belief in immortality, in the utility of sin, in the providential ordering of events - in short the 'consolations' which are ordinarily sought in religion.
Gist of Idea
We must leave on one side the ordinary 'consolations' of religion
Source
Simone Weil (Gravity and Grace [1942], 'Detachment')
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Gravity and Grace', ed/tr. Crawford/De Ruhr [Routledge 1952], p.13
A Reaction
Her positive views of religion seem rather daunting, and may only be for the few.