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It is a fault to wish to be understood before we have made ourselves clear to ourselves.

Simone Weil

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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Goodness Heart Human Object World
We are like plants which have the one choice of being in or out of the light.
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Choice Light Oneself Plant
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
A mind enclosed in language is in prison.
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Language Mindset Prison
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
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
Every being cries out in silence to be read differently. Do not be indifferent to these cries.
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Cry Different Reading Silence
Even if our efforts of attention seem for years to be producing no result, one day a light that is in exact proportion to them will flood the soul.
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Day Effort Light Powerful Result Soul
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
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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Divine Earth God Love Myself Talk Way
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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Equality God Gratitude Inspirational Love Purity Suffering
Expectant waiting is the foundation of the spiritual life.
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Expectation Foundation Life Spiritual
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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Exception Gift Loan Value

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