Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
SIMONE WEILThose who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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It is not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.
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If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.
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Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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