Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
SIMONE WEILIt is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
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Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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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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It is not through the way in which someone speaks about God that I can see whether that person has passed through the crucible of Divine Love, but through the way the person speaks to me about things here on earth.
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The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell.
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There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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It is only from the light which streams constantly from heaven that a tree can derive the energy to strike its roots deep into the soil. The tree is in fact rooted in the sky.
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Stars and blossoming fruit-trees: utter permanence and extreme fragility give an equal sense of eternity.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.
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It is only necessary to know that love is a direction and not a state of the soul. If one is unaware of this, one falls to despair at the first onslaught of affliction.
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Religion as a source of consolation is an obstacle to true faith.
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Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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All sins are attempts to fill voids.
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The beauty of the world is Christ’s tender smile for us coming through matter.
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Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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