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It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.

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
To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
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Human Important Need Recognition Soul
The world is God’s language to us.
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God Language One Liner World
Love: To feel with one’s whole self the existence of another being.
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Existence Feeling Love
Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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Compassion Difficult Himself Listening
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
Patriotism is idolatry of the self.
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Myself One Liner Patriot
If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.
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Aware Desire Meditation Ourselves
Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.
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Doubt Pain Trying
A hurtful act is the transference to others of the degradation which we bear in ourselves.
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Act Hurt Kindness Optimistic Ourselves People
It is not religion but revolution which is the opium of the people.
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People Religion Revolution
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
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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Himself Intelligence Men Pride Proud
Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.
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Beautiful Forever Nature
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
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

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