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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.

Simone Weil

Sin is not a distance, it is a turning of our gaze in the wrong direction.
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Direction Distance Ourselves Sin Wrong
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility.
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Compassionate Humility True
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
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue
Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.
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Beautiful Fortunate Sky
I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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Forgiveness Imagination Myself
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
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Forever Language Prayer Religion Yourself
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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Mercy Myself Rich Touch Wealth
A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.
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Country Death Industry Men Thinking
I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
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 love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Friendship Inspirational Love Simplicity Yourself
To die for God is not a proof of faith in God. To die for an unknown and repulsive convict who is a victim of injustice, that is a proof of faith in God.
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Death Evidence Faith God Injustice Victim

Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.

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