In relation to God, we are like a thief who has burgled the house of a
kindly householder and been allowed to keep some of the gold. From the
point of view of the lawful owner this gold is a gift; from the point of
view of the burglar it is a theft. He must go and give it back. It is
the same with our existence. We have stolen a little of God’s being to
make it ours. God has made us a gift of it. But we have stolen it. We
must return it. – Simone Weil, Notebooks |