There are only two things that pierce the human heart. One is beauty. The other is affliction.
SIMONE WEILThose who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
More Simone Weil Quotes
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Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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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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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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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.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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The world is God’s language to us.
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The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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