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.
SIMONE WEILThe sea is not less beautiful in our eyes because we know that sometimes ships are wrecked by it.
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Love is not consolation, it is light.
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God is rich in mercy. I know this wealth of his with the certainty of experience, I have touched it.
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It is grace that forms the void inside us and it is grace that can fill the void.
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True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.
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Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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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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An atheist may be simply one whose faith and love are concentrated on the impersonal aspects of God.
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There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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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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Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
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Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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