Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
SIMONE WEILSin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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Pain and suffering are a kind of currency passed from hand to hand until they reach someone who receives them but does not pass them on.
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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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War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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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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A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.
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It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.
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Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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