When once a certain class of people has been placed by the temporal and spiritual authorities outside the ranks of those whose life has value, then nothing comes more naturally to men than murder.
SIMONE WEILIf we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness.
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Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed.
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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.
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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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It is much easier to imagine ourselves in the place of God the Creator than in the place of Christ crucified.
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At the centre of the human heart is the longing for an absolute good, a longing which is always there and is never appeased by any object in this world.
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Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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