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War is the supreme form of prestige.

Simone Weil

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.
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Authority Class Life Men Murder People Spiritual
The glossy surface of our civilization hides a real intellectual decadence.
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Civilization Intellectual Ourselves Reality
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Act Hurt Kindness Optimistic Ourselves People
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
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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Creation God Imagination Ourselves Place
Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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Attention Giving Happiness Inspirational People
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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Inspirational One Liner Sin
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Dangerous Existence Human Tremble
Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Faith Obstacle Religion True
An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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Aspect Atheist Concentration Love
Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Duty Evil Necessary Philosophy Power
The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering but a supernatural use for it.
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Greatness Lying Religion Seek Suffering
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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Himself Lose Men Money
The sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Beautiful Eyes Inspirational Ourselves Sea
Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.
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Imagination Life Make Up Reality

War is the supreme form of prestige.

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