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Evil when we are in its power is not felt as evil but as a necessity, or even a duty.

Simone Weil

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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Hands Kindness Money Pain Reach Suffering
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
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
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Crime Justice Modern Name Wisdom
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
Power is the supreme end for all those who have not understood.
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End Power Understand
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
Human existence is so fragile a thing and exposed to such dangers that I cannot love without trembling.
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Dangerous Existence Human Tremble
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
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
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
Joy is being fully aware of reality.
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Aware Joy Reality
We only possess what we renounce; what we do not renounce escapes from us.
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Escape Ourselves Possession
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
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
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word

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